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Archived Reclamation Advisory Memoranda

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Arch​ived Reclamation Advisory Memoranda

The documents on this page have been archived and are being maintained for reference, research, or recordkeeping only, and meet the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance exemption per U.S. Department of Justice regulations 28 C.F.R. Part 35. To request an accessible version of a file, please contact Dawn Baase.​​​​​​​​

A Reclamation Advisory Memorandum (RAM) is an open correspondence from the commissioner of the Department for Natural Resources to operators and other interested persons, that provides information related to DNR's surface mining regulatory program.​

Historical advisory memos have been scanned and made available for reference​. 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). 

Archived RAMs
DownloadDescription
RAM 172.pdfKPDES Permits
RAM 171.pdfFish and Wildlife Review
RAM 170.pdfNewspaper Advertisement (with an updated listing of county newspapers of largest circulation effective 11/12/2025)
RAM 169.pdfLong-Term Treatment (LTT) Bonding
RAM 168.pdfSurface Mining Information System (SMIS) Updated and Training
RAM 167.pdfSME-90 eForm Mandatory Submittals in the Fourth Quarter of 2019
RAM 166.pdfReorganization of Regional Offices
RAM 165.pdfShawdow Area: Statutory and Regulatory Changes
RAM 164.pdfDNR Central Office and Field Office Relocations
RAM 163.pdfNew FTP Site for Electronic Submittals
RAM 162.pdfPayment of Kentucky Reclamation Guaranty Fund (KRGF) Fees Associated with Permit Transfers
RAM161.pdfUpdates and Clarified: Identification of Property Ownership Interests in Permit Applications (clarifies RAM 159 and supersedes RAM 160)
RAM 160.pdfRevised: Indentifcation of Property Ownership and Permit Review of Right of Entry on Severed Mineral Tracts (updates RAM 159)
RAM 159.pdfIdentification of Property Ownership and Permit Review of Right of Entry on Severed Mineral Tracts
RAM 158.pdfSubmission of Shapefiles for Permit Applications (supersedes RAM 148)
RAM 157.pdfNew Mining Permit Application (MPA) Forms
RAM 156.pdfGuidelines for Backfilling under 405 KAR 16:190, Section 5, Thick Overburden
RAM 155.pdfImplementation of New Performance Bond Calculation Protocols
RAM 154.pdfRemining Issues and Procedures (supersedes RAM 129)
RAM 153.pdfNew FTP Site for Electronic Submittals
RAM 152.pdfService of DMRE Documents
RAM 151.pdfProcessing of Pre-Blast Surveys
RAM 150.pdfKPDES Permits for Coal Mining Activities: Permitting, Reporting and On-site Record-Keeping Requirements (supersedes RAM 149)
RAM 149.pdfKPDES Permits for Coal Mining Activities: Permitting, Reporting and On-site Record-Keeping Requirements
RAM 148.pdfSubmission of Shapfiles for Permit Applications
RAM 146.pdfService of DMRE Documents
RAM 145.pdfFill Placement Optimization Process
RAM 144.pdfReforestation Initiative Expanded for Commercial Forestland (addendum to RAM 124)
RAM 143.pdfPermitting Assessments: Emergency Regulation (405 KAR 8:015E)
RAM142.pdfRange-Wide Indiana Bat Protection and Enhancement Guidelines
RAM141.pdfReview of Durable Rock Fill Designs (supersedes RAM 135)
RAM140.pdfBlasting
RAM139.pdfElimination of the Submittal of Two Corrected Copies to the Division of Mine Permits
RAM138.pdfKPDES Permits for Coal Mining Activities: New Antidegradation Requirements
RAM137.pdfNew Regulations for Noncoal Minerals
RAM136.pdfKPDES Coal General Permit Reissued
RAM135.pdfReview of Durable Rock Fill Designs
RAM134.pdfClarification of Permitting Procedures for Streams Between Fills and Ponds
RAM133.pdfSection 404 Permits for Fills
RAM132.pdfNew Electronic Application Forms
RAM131.pdfLatitude and Longitude in Advertisements
RAM130.pdfStandards for Electronic Filing of Ownership and Control Applications
RAM129.pdfRemining Issues and Procedures
RAM128.pdfRelocation of Hazard Satellite Office
RAM127.pdfIndustrial/Commercial Postmining Land Use
RAM126.pdfTransfer vs. Corporate Change
RAM125.pdfLargest Newspaper for Each County
RAM124.pdfReforestation Initiative
RAM123.pdfCertification of Design
RAM122.pdfOwnership and Control Annual Entity Files
RAM121.pdfElectronic Submittal of Water Data
RAM120.pdfNew Application Form for Permit Renewals
RAM119.pdfBond release procedures; Invasive, non-native trees and shrubs
RAM118.pdfSTOP - You no longer need to submit that "no discharge" KPDES surface water monitoring quarterly report (DOW COAL DMR-01ND) to the Division of Water
RAM117.pdfReorganization of Regional Offices
RAM116.pdfSubmittal of Proof of Public Notice and Public Comments
RAM115.pdfTentative Approval of Operator Changes
RAM114.pdfWater Blowouts at Underground Mines - Outcrop Barrier Pillars
RAM113.pdfContemporaneous Reclamation Time Limits for Area Mining and Mountaintop Removal Mining
RAM112.pdfUse of Entity Files for Reference in MPA-01
RAM111.pdfNoncoal Mine Waste and Hazardous Waste
RAM110.pdfApplication and Acreage Fees
RAM109.pdfOperator Change Revisions for Augering
RAM108.pdfSurface Blasting - Public Notice, Pre-blasting Surveys and Blasting Schedules
RAM107.pdfSubsidence Control
RAM106.pdfNewspaper Advertisements (supersedes RAMs 50, 79, 83, 88 and 94)
RAM105.pdfWater Monitoring Wells - Certification of Drillers and Standards for Well Construction
RAM104.pdfRevised Performance Bond Forms and Bonding for Transfer Applications
RAM103.pdfAnnual Certification of Maintenance of Impoundments
RAM102.pdfOperator Other Than Permittee
RAM101.pdfImplementation of 1990 Legislation
RAM100.pdfAddress Changes for Permittees and Applicants
RAM99.pdfNew Cultural and Historic Resources Regulations
RAM98.pdfProcedure for Extensions to Abatement Deadlines
RAM97.pdfRegulation Change - Hearings
RAM96.pdfBroad Form Deeds
RAM95.pdfBonding Procedures for Amendment Applications
RAM94.pdfNewspaper Advertisements: Notices of Intention to Mine for Amendments and Major Revisions
RAM93.pdfNon-disturbed Sites Three Years after Permit Issuance: Termination and Extensions
RAM92.pdfCorporate Permittees - Changes in Name of Permittee and/or Ownership/Control of Permits
RAM91.pdfPermit Revisions - New Short Form Application
RAM90.pdfSubmission of Permit Applications, Bonds, Certificates of Liability Insurance and Newspaper Ads directly to Frankfort
RAM89.pdfPermit Renewals - An Important Reminder
RAM88.pdfNewspaper Advertisements
RAM87.pdfRepeal of Two-Acre Exemption
RAM86.pdfPrime Farmland Soils Mapping
RAM85.pdfSurface and Ground Water Monitoring - Permanent Program
RAM84.pdfPermitting Seminars and New Comprehensive Application Form
RAM83.pdfAdvertising Requirements for Transfer, Assignment or Sale Applications, Two-Acre or Less and Interim Revisions
RAM82.pdfGround Water Monitoring for Interim Permits
RAM81.pdfSurface Water Monitoring Reductions on Interim Permits
RAM80.pdfRegulations Update
RAM79.pdfAdvertising
RAM78.pdfDepartmental Policies: Withdrawal and Maintenance of Mining Permit Applications
RAM77.pdfReinstatement of Small Operator Assistance
RAM76.pdfRevision to RAM #73: Maximum Period of Bond Deferral Reduced from Five Years to Three Years
RAM75.pdfPermanent Program Performance Standards; Take effect March 16, 1984 on Transitioning Operations
RAM74.pdfKPDES General Permit for Coal Mining Activities
RAM73.pdfDelayed Filing of Performance Bonds on Technically Acceptable Applications for Transitioning Permanent Program Permits
RAM72.pdfSubmission of Technically Complete Applications, Priority III and IV
RAM71.pdfEmergency Regulations
RAM70.pdfDelegation of the NPDES Permit Program to NREPC
RAM69.pdfEmergency Regulation on Contour Re-mining on Steep Slopes
RAM68.pdfSubmission of Priority II Data
RAM67.pdfClarification of Company Stockholder Information
RAM66.pdfSubmission of Sediment Pond Compliance Demonstrations for Priority I Transitioning Permits
RAM65.pdfSubmission of Transitioned Application, Priority II, III and IV Applications
RAM64.pdfCertificates of Liability Insurance Update
RAM63.pdfSubmission of Sediment Structure Compliance Demonstration Data and other Technical Data
RAM62.pdfExtension of Priority II Technical Submission Date
RAM61.pdfSubmission of Computer Printouts
RAM60.pdfClarification of procedures for the submission of technical data related to Priority 1 "transitioned" comprehensive applications
RAM59.pdfStandard Forms for Certificates of Liability Insurance
RAM58.pdfPriority 1 Deadline for Sediment Structure Compliance Demonstrations
RAM57.pdfApplicant Changes to Transition Applications
RAM56.pdfOverlapping Permits
RAM55.pdfInitial Completeness Requirements for Transition Comprehensive Applications
RAM54.pdfFish and Wildlife Guidelines
RAM53.pdfProcedures and Priorities for Review of Transition Comprehensive Applications
RAM52.pdfOperations of Two Acres or Less
RAM51.pdfNon-transitioning interim permits will expire January 18, 1983
RAM50.pdfNewspaper Advertisements
RAM49.pdfCoal Waste Sites
RAM48.pdfLands Unsuitable for Mining Program - Information Resource Center
RAM47.pdfClarification of Responsibility for Liability Insurance and Letters of Credit
RAM46.pdfStatus Report on Transition Application Review
RAM45.pdfTwo-Acre Exemption
RAM44.pdfPrime Farmland Grandfather Exemption Cutoff Date
RAM43.pdfCompliance with Approved Designs
RAM42.pdfSmall Operator Assistance Program
RAM41.pdfRecurring Questions - Transition Application and Permitting Processes
RAM40.pdfProcessing of Interim Permits
RAM39.pdfAnswers to Recurring Questions
RAM38.pdfCoal Exploration under the Permanent Program
RAM37.pdfEngineers' Certifications
RAM36.pdfNew Requirements for Two-Acre Operations
RAM35.pdfPermanent Program Transition Application
RAM34.pdfBSMRE Plan for Handling Receipt of Interim Permits
RAM33.pdfCoal Processing Operations and Crushing and Loading Facilities
RAM32.pdfBSMRE Plan for Receiving Preliminary and Complete Interim Permit Applications before Primacy
RAM31.pdfSuccessor Operator Permit Requirements
RAM30.pdfRemining; Auger Mining
RAM29.pdfInterim Permit Applications for Existing Coal Preparation Plants
RAM28.pdfElimination of Pre-existing Highwalls
RAM27.pdfReclamation Deferments
RAM26.pdfNon-issuance of New Permits to Operators in Violation of KRS 350.100
RAM25.pdfInterim Permit Applications for Existing Coal Preparation Plants
RAM24.pdfAOC Variance on Steep Slopes
RAM23.pdfRetention of Roads
RAM22.pdfApproval of Permanent Water Impoundments
RAM21.pdfNew Regulation on Contemporaneous Reclamation
RAM20.pdf1980 Kentucky General Assembly Passage of Primacy Legislation; Automatic Extension of Valid Interim Permits; Cutoff Date for Filing Interim Program Permit Applications
RAM19.pdfAdministrative Review of Permits
RAM18.pdfIncremental Bonding
RAM17.pdfIncremental Bonding
RAM16.pdfAdministrative Review of Permit Applications
RAM15.pdfSurface 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
RAM14.pdfReporting Results of Water Quality Monitoring
RAM13.pdfSurface Mining Permit Renewals
RAM12.pdfEmergency Regulations for 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
RAM11.pdfPermit Applications Number of Copies Required
RAM10.pdfExisting Underground Coal Mines; Time Extension for Application for Permit; Supplemental Mine Map Required for Small Operators
RAM9.pdfApplications for Renewal of Permits
RAM8.pdfOnsite Construction; Variance from Return to Approximate Original Contour (AOC) Requirements; and Reference Areas
RAM7.pdfExtension from Feb. 3, 1979 to Aug. 3, 1979 of deadline for submission to OSM of Kentucky's application for state primacy under PL 95-87; and Expiration of Small Operators Exemption, Dec. 31, 1978
RAM6.pdfExisting Underground Coal Mines; Application for Surface Disturbance Mining Permit, Time Extension; Non-Compliances
RAM5.pdfApplication for Temporary Authorization for Surface Disturbances from Existing Underground Coal Mines
RAM4.pdfStatus report on federal and state regulations, status report on the surface effects of underground coal mining, advisory report on enforcement and permitting polices of this bureau.
RAM3.pdfImplementation of New Kentucky Reclamation Legislation
RAM2.pdfMine Maps
RAM1.pdfSurface Mining Permits
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