Ind. Code § 14-34-4-9
Mining of prime farmland
Indiana · Indiana Code Title 14 — Natural and Cultural Resources · Status: effective
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Sec. 9.
(a) This section does not apply to an existing surface coal mining operation that held a valid permit on August 3, 1977, with continuous permits since that date.
(b) In addition to finding the application in compliance with section 7 of this chapter, if the proposed mining area contains prime farmland under IC 14-34-3-3(16), the director shall, after consultation with the United States Secretary of Agriculture and under rules adopted by the commission, grant a permit to mine on prime farmland if the director finds in writing that the operator has the technological capability to restore the mined area, within a reasonable time, to equivalent or higher levels of yield as nonmined prime farmland in the surrounding area under equivalent levels of management and can meet the soil reconstruction standards in IC 14-34-10-2(b)(10).