A Reclamation Advisory Memorandum (RAM) is an open correspondence from the commissioner of the Department for Natural Resources (DNR) to operators and other interested persons, that provides information related to DNR's surface mining regulatory program.
Advisory memos issued since February 1978 have been scanned and are made available here for viewing or downloading. These documents discuss many of the issues that have arisen as Kentucky's regulatory program has evolved in response to the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA).
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Reclamation Advisory Memorandums
RAM 140 07/18/08 Blasting
RAM 139 07/07/08 Elimination of the Submittal of Two Corrected Copies to the Division of Mine Permits
RAM 138 08/15/05 KPDES Permits for Coal Mining Activities: New Antidegradation Requirements
RAM 137 04/14/04 New Regulations for Noncoal Minerals
RAM 136 11/21/03 KPDES Coal General Permit Reissued
RAM 135 09/10/02 Review of Durable Rock Fill Designs
RAM 134 10/25/01 Clarification of Permitting Procedures for Streams Between Fills and Ponds
RAM 133 03/10/00 Section 404 Permits for Fills
RAM 132 09/29/99 New Electronic Application Forms
RAM 131 06/30/99 Latitude and Longitude in Advertisements
RAM 130 03/02/99 Standards for Electronic Filing of Ownership & Control Applications
RAM 129 04/21/98 Remining Issues and Procedures
RAM 128 12/02/97 Relocation of Hazard Satellite Office
RAM 127 09/08/97 Industrial/Commercial Postmining Land Use
RAM 126 04/15/97 Transfer vs. Corporate Change
RAM 125 03/10/97 Largest Newspaper for Each County
RAM 124 03/10/97 Reforestation Initiative
RAM 123 09/20/96 Certification of Design
RAM 122 08/28/96 Ownership and Control Annual Entity Files
RAM 121 07/09/96 Electronic Submittal of Water Data
RAM 120 06/18/96 New Application Form for Permit Renewals
RAM 119 05/08/96 1) Bond release procedures; 2)Invasive, non-native trees and shrubs
RAM 118 12/07/95 STOP --- You no longer need to submit that "no discharge" KPDES surface water monitoring quarterly report (DOW COAL DMR-01ND) to the Division of Water
RAM 117 06/26/95 Reorganization of Regional Offices
RAM 116 05/17/95 Submittal of Proof of Public Notice and Public Comments
RAM 115 07/13/94 Tentative Approval of Operator Changes
RAM 114 05/03/94 Water Blowouts at Underground Mines--Outcrop Barrier Pillars
RAM 113 05/02/94 Contemporaneous Reclamation Time Limits for Area Mining and Mountaintop Removal Mining
RAM 112 02/08/94 Use of Entity Files for Reference in MPA-01
RAM 111 05/04/93 Noncoal Mine Waste and Hazardous Waste
RAM 110 04/30/93 Application and Acreage Fees
RAM 109 12/08/92 Operator Change Revisions for Augering
RAM 108 09/15/92 Surface Blasting - Public Notice, Preblasting Surveys and Blasting Schedules
RAM 107 08/17/92 Subsidence Control
RAM 106 05/07/92 Newspaper Advertisements
RAM 105 06/06/91 Water Monitoring Wells - Certification of Drillers and Standards for Well Construction
RAM 104 05/31/91 Revised Performance Bond Forms; and Bonding for Transfer Applications
RAM 103 04/18/91 Annual Certification of Maintenance of Impoundments
RAM 102 08/29/90 Operator Other Than Permittee
RAM 101 05/22/90 Implementation of 1990 Legislation
RAM 100 05/04/90 Address Changes for Permittees and Applicants
RAM 99 08/09/89 New Cultural and Historic Resources Regulations
RAM 98 02/03/89 Procedure for Extensions to Abatement Deadlines
RAM 97 12/22/88 Regulation Change -- Hearings
RAM 96 08/10/88 Broad Form Deeds
RAM 95 04/13/88 Bonding Procedures for Amendment Applications
RAM 94 03/25/88 Newspaper Advertisements: Notices of Intention to Mine for Amendments and Major Revisions
RAM 93 01/18/88 Non-disturbed Sites Three (3) Years after Permit Issuance: Termination and Extensions
RAM 92 01/15/88 Corporate Permittees -- Change in Name of Permittee and/or Ownership/Control of Permits
RAM 91 12/21/87 Permit Revisions--New Short Form Application
RAM 90 10/23/87 Submission of Permit Applications, Bonds, Certificates of Liability Insurance and Newspaper Ads directly to Frankfort
RAM 89 10/01/87 Permit Renewals--An Important Reminder
RAM 88 05/29/87 Newspaper Advertisements
RAM 87 05/12/87 Repeal of Two-Acre Exemption
RAM 86 12/01/86 Prime Farmland Soils Mapping
RAM 85 08/86 Surface and Ground Water Monitoring -- Permanent Program
RAM 84 02/18/86 Permitting Seminars and New Comprehensive Application Form
RAM 83 10/31/85 Advertising Requirements for Transfer, Assignment or Sale Applications, Two-Acre or Less and Interim Revisions
RAM 82 05/23/85 Ground Water Monitoring for Interim Permits
RAM 81 05/22/85 Surface Water Monitoring Reductions on Interim Permits
RAM 80 05/21/85 Regulations Update
RAM 79 02/20/85 Advertising
RAM 78 04/23/84 Departmental Policies: Withdrawal and Maintenance of Mining Permit Applications
RAM 77 04/02/84 Reinstatement of Small Operator Assistance
RAM 76 04/02/84 Revision to RAM # 73: Maximum Period of Bond Deferral Reduced from five years to three years
RAM 75 03/12/84 Permanent Program Performance Standards Take Effect March 16, 1984, on Transitioning Operations
RAM 74 02/28/84 KPDES General Permit for Coal Mining Activities
RAM 73 02/06/84 Delayed Filing of Performance Bonds on Technically Acceptable Applications for Transitioning Permanent Program Permits
RAM 72 11/29/83 Submission of Technically Complete Applications, Priority III and IV
RAM 71 11/28/83 Emergency Regulations
RAM 70 10/07/83 Delegation of the NPDES Permit Program to NREPC
RAM 69 09/22/83 Emergency Regulation on Contour Remining on Steep Slopes
RAM 68 09/23/83 Submission of Priority II Data
RAM 67 08/05/83 Clarification of Company Stockholder Information
RAM 66 08/05/83 Submission of Sediment Pond Compliance Demonstrations for Priority I Transitioning Permits
RAM 65 06/10/83 Submission of Transitioned Application, Priority II, III and IV Applications
RAM 64 06/10/83 Certificates of Liability Insurance Update
RAM 63 04/22/83 Submission of Sediment Structure Compliance Demonstration Data and Other Technical Data
RAM 62 04/12/83 Extension of Priority II Technical Submission Date
RAM 61 03/21/83 Submission of Computer Printouts
RAM 60 02/16/83 Clarification of Procedures for the Submission of Technical Data Related to Priority 1 "transitioned" Comprehensive Applications
RAM 59 02/15/83 Standard Forms for Certificates of Liability Insurance
RAM 58 02/14/83 Priority 1 Deadline for Sediment Structure Compliance Demonstrations
RAM 57 12/01/82 Applicant Changes to Transition Applications
RAM 56 12/01/82 Overlapping Permits
RAM 55 12/01/82 Initial Completeness Requirements for Transition Comprehensive Applications
RAM 54 11/18/82 Fish and Wildlife Guidelines
RAM 53 11/17/82 Procedures and Priorities for Review of Transition Comprehensive Applications
RAM 52 11/10/82 Operations of Two Acres or Less
RAM 51 10/26/82 Non-Transitioning Interim Permits will Expire January 18, 1983
RAM 50 10/26/82 Newspaper Advertisements
RAM 49 09/21/82 Coal Waste Sites
RAM 48 09/14/82 Lands Unsuitable for Mining Program -- Information Resource Center
RAM 47 08/25/82 Clarification of Responsibility for Liability Insurance and Letters of Credit
RAM 46 08/25/82 Status Report on Transition Application Review
RAM 45 08/25/82 Two-Acre Exemption
RAM 44 08/25/82 Prime Farmland Grandfather Exemption Cutoff Date
RAM 43 08/25/82 Compliance with Approved Designs
RAM 42 06/25/82 Small Operator Assistance Program
RAM 41 06/22/82 Recurring Questions--Transition Application and Permitting Processes
RAM 40 06/25/82 Processing Interim Permits
RAM 39 06/21/82 Answers to Recurring Questions
RAM 38 06/08/82 Coal Exploration Under the Permanent Program
RAM 37 06/08/82 Engineers' Certifications
RAM 36 06/08/82 New Requirements for Two-Acre Operations
RAM 35 05/14/82 Permanent Program Transition Application
RAM 34 05/12/82 BSMRE Plan for Handling Receipt of Interim Permits
RAM 33 04/27/82 Coal Processing Operations and Crushing and Loading Facilities
RAM 32 04/15/82 BSMRE Plan for Receiving Preliminary and Complete Interim Permit Applications Before Primacy
RAM 31 04/15/82 Successor Operator Permit Requirements
RAM 30 12/15/81 Remining--Auger Mining [Amendment to 81-05, RAM #28]
RAM 29 08/11/81 Interim Permit Applications for Existing Coal Preparation Plants[Amendment to 81-03, RAM #25]
RAM 28 07/23/81 Elimination of Pre-existing Highwalls [81-05]
RAM 27 04/29/81 Reclamation Deferments [81-04]
RAM 26 04/10/81 Non-Issuance of New Permits to Operators in Violation of KRS 350.100 [81-02]
RAM 25 03/30/81 Interim Permit Applications for Existing Coal Preparation Plants [81-03]
RAM 24 03/19/81 AOC Variances on Steep Slopes [81-01]
RAM 23 05/23/80 Retention of Roads
RAM 22 05/08/80 Approval of Permanent Water Impoundments
RAM 21 05/08/80 New Regulation on Contemporaneous Reclamation
RAM 20 03/25/80 1980 Kentucky General Assembly Passage of Primacy Legislation
Automatic Extension of Valid Interim Permits Cutoff Date for Filing Interim Program Permit Applications
RAM 19 03/06/80 Administrative Review of Permits
RAM 18 03/06/80 Incremental Bonding
RAM 17 12/10/79 Incremental Bonding
RAM 16 11/14/79 Administrative Review of Permit Applications
RAM 15 11/12/79 Surface Disturbances Within 100 Feet of Outside Right-of-Way Line of Public Road Existing Underground Mines; Requirement for Public Notice and Opportunity for Public Hearing
RAM 14 08/03/79 Reporting Results of Water Quality Monitoring
RAM 13 07/23/79 Surface Mining Permit Renewals
RAM 12 07/10/79 Emergency Regulations for the Interim Regulatory Program 405 KAR 1:141E, Disposal of excess spoil (strip mining) 405 KAR 3:111E, Disposal of excess rock and earth (underground mining) 405 KAR 1:260E, Contemporaneous reclamation
RAM 11 06/20/79 Permit Applications--Number of Copies Required
RAM 10 03/01/79 (A) Existing Underground Coal Mines: Time Extension for Application for Permit (B) Supplemental Mine Map Required for Small Operators
RAM 9 02/23/79 Applications for Renewal of Permits
RAM 8 12/27/78 On-Site Construction; Variance from Return to Approximate Original Contour Requirements; and Reference Areas
RAM 7 12/27/78 Extension from Feb. 3,1979, to Aug. 3, 1979, of Deadline for Submission to OSM of Kentucky's application for State Primacy under P.L. 95-87; and Expiration of Small Operators Exemption, Dec. 31, 1978
RAM 6 10/31/78 Existing Underground Coal Mines, Application for Surface Disturbance Mining Permit, Time Extension, Non-Compliances
RAM 5 07/17/78 Application for Temporary Authorization for Surface Disturbances from Existing Underground Coal Mines
RAM 4 05/19/78 Status Report on Federal and State Regulations; Status Report on the Surface Effects of Underground Coal Mining; Advisory Report on Enforcement and Permitting Policies of this Bureau
RAM 3 04/11/78 Implementation of New Kentucky Reclamation Legislation
RAM 2 03/27/78 Mine Maps
RAM 1 02/16/78 Surface Mining Permits
