(A) This chapter does not apply to the following:
(1) A coal surface mining operation or any other surface mining operation that is required to have a mining and reclamation permit issued by the State Department of Natural Resources; and
(2) A surface mining operation in an area where the overburden is less than ten feet in depth and that will affect less than one acre of affected land during the permit year.
(B) A separate application and permit is required for each noncontiguous surface mining operation.
(BC Ord. 1995-14, passed 10-23-1995)