Title 14, NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES

Sec. 16. (a) The director may order the forfeiture of all or part of a bond for a permit area or an increment of a permit area, regardless of whether the entire area has been disturbed by surface mining activities, if: (1) the permittee does not conduct reclamation operations in …

Sec. 2. (a) The director shall determine the amount of the bond required for each bonded area. The amount of the bond must be sufficient to assure the completion of the reclamation plan if the work had to be performed by the director if forfeiture occurs. However, the bond amount…

Sec. 3. Liability under the bond extends for: (1) the duration of the surface coal mining and reclamation operation; and (2) a period coincident with the operator's responsibility for revegetation requirements in IC 14-34-10. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4.1-6-3.] As add…

Sec. 4. The operator and a corporate surety: (1) licensed to do business in Indiana; and (2) recognized by the treasurer of state as holding a certificate of authority from the United States Department of the Treasury as an acceptable surety on federal bonds; shall execute the bo…

Sec. 5. (a) Instead of a bond, an operator may elect to deposit: (1) cash; (2) negotiable bonds of the United States government or of Indiana; or (3) negotiable certificates of deposit or letters of credit of a bank organized or transacting business in the United States; in an am…

Sec. 6. The director shall adjust the amount of the bond or deposit required and the terms of each acceptance of the applicant's bond periodically as: (1) affected land acreages are increased or decreased; (2) changes occur in the cost of future reclamation; or (3) significant ch…

Sec. 7. (a) After a permit is issued, the permittee may apply to the director for the release of all or part of the bond or deposit. As part of the bond release application, the permittee must do the following: (1) Submit copies of letters that the permittee has sent by certified…

Sec. 8. If an application for total or partial bond release is filed with the director, the director shall notify appropriate: (1) local governmental bodies; (2) planning agencies; (3) sewage and water treatment authorities; or (4) water companies; in the county in which the surf…

Sec. 9. Within thirty (30) days of receipt of a bond release application, the director shall conduct an inspection and evaluation of the reclamation work involved. The evaluation must include the following: (1) The degree of difficulty to complete a remaining reclamation. (2) Whe…

Sec. 1. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this section applies to the following: (1) An applicant for a permit under this article who has never been granted a permit for a well for oil and gas purposes under this article. (2) A person who has demonstrated a patter…

Sec. 2. Instead of the bond required by section 1 of this chapter, the department may accept cash or a certificate of deposit. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-8-8-2.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.30. Amended by P.L.32-2021, SEC.33.

Sec. 3. Each blanket bond for wells created, modified, or acquired during the duration of a bond that was accepted by the commission before March 11, 1971, must be replaced by a new blanket bond in the amount of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) before January 2, 2002. The new re…

Sec. 4. Instead of a bond required by section 1 of this chapter, the commission may require a well owner or operator to provide proof of financial ability to abandon a noncommercial natural gas well. The proof must be established by a financial statement and personal guaranty. [P…

Sec. 5. The director shall order forfeiture of a bond or alternative security provided under this chapter when a permit is revoked under IC 14-37-13. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-8-8-5.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.30.

Sec. 1. (a) For purposes of this section, "undeveloped public land" does not include the following: (1) State parks established under IC 14-19. (2) Nature preserves established under IC 14-31. (3) Other public lands that must be used for purposes other than flood damage reduction…

Sec. 2. (a) Before undertaking a flood damage reduction, drainage, storm water management, recreation, or water infrastructure public works project (or, if a watershed development commission has water quality purposes under IC 14-30.5-3-1(b) or IC 14-30.5-3.5-1(b), a water qualit…

Sec. 3. (a) A watershed development commission may give a preference to an Indiana business that submits a bid under this article in connection with a public works project if both of the following apply: (1) An out-of-state business also submits a bid. (2) The out-of-state busine…

Sec. 4. (a) Each contractor entering a bid for a public works project of a watershed development commission must provide the watershed development commission with information on: (1) the number of residents of Indiana who will be employed by the contractor; and (2) the number of …