405 KAR 10:030. General

requirements for liability insurance.

 

      RELATES

TO: KRS 350.020, 350.060, 350.064, 350.100, 350.465

      STATUTORY

AUTHORITY: KRS 350.020, 350.028, 350.060, 350.064, 350.151, 350.465

      NECESSITY,

FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS Chapter 350 requires the cabinet to specify

types, terms, and conditions for liability insurance for surface coal mining

operations. This administrative regulation specifies the terms and conditions

of liability insurance for surface coal mining operations.

 

      Section

1. Requirement to File a Certificate of Liability Insurance. Each applicant for

a permit shall submit to the cabinet, as part of the permit application, a

certificate issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in

Kentucky. The amount, duration, form, conditions, and terms of this insurance

shall comply with Section 2 of this administrative regulation.

 

      Section

2. Terms and Conditions for Liability Insurance. (1) The applicant shall

submit, as a part of the permit application upon bond submission, a certificate

issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in Kentucky certifying

that the applicant has a public liability insurance policy in force for the

surface coal mining and reclamation operation for which the permit is sought.

      (a)

The certification shall be on Certificate of Liability Insurance, Form SME-29.

      (b)

The policy shall provide for personal injury and property damage protection in

an amount adequate to compensate for all personal injury and property damage

resulting from surface coal mining and reclamation operations, including damage

caused by the use of explosives and damage to water wells.

      (c)

Minimum insurance coverage for bodily injury and property damage shall be

$300,000 for each occurrence and $500,000 aggregate.

      (2)

The policy shall be maintained in full force during the term of the permit or

renewal thereof, and during the liability period necessary to complete all

reclamation operations pursuant to 405 KAR Chapters 7 through 24, until full

bond release has been granted.

      (3)

The policy shall include a clause requiring that the insurer notify the cabinet

if substantive changes are made in the policy, including termination or failure

to renew. This notice shall be made on the Notice of Cancellation, Nonrenewal or

Change of Liability Insurance.

      (4)

In the event the insurer becomes unable to fulfill its obligations pursuant to

the policy, notice shall be given immediately to the permittee and the cabinet.

      (5)

Upon the incapacity of an insurer by reason of bankruptcy, insolvency, or

suspension or revocation of its license or certificate of authority, the

permittee shall be deemed to be without insurance coverage and shall promptly

notify the cabinet.

      (a)

Nothing in this subsection shall relieve the insurer of liability on its

policy.

      (b)

The cabinet shall issue a notice to the permittee specifying a reasonable

period to replace such coverage, not to exceed ninety (90) days.

      (c)

If an adequate insurance coverage is not posted by the end of the period

allowed, the permittee shall cease coal extraction and coal processing

operations and shall comply with the provisions of 405 KAR 16:010, Section 6,

or 405 KAR 18:010, Section 4, and shall immediately begin to conduct

reclamation operations in accordance with the reclamation plan.

      (d)

Coal extraction and coal processing operations shall not resume until the

cabinet has determined that an acceptable insurance coverage has been posted.

      (e)

If an acceptable insurance coverage has not been posted by the end of the

period allowed, the cabinet may suspend the permit until acceptable insurance

coverage is posted.

 

      Section

3. Incorporation by Reference. (1) The following material is incorporated by

reference:

      (a)

"Certificate of Liability Insurance, Form SME-29", October 2008; and

      (b)

"Notice of Cancellation, Nonrenewal or Change of Liability Insurance, Form

SME-30", June 2005.

      (2) This material may be

inspected, copied, or obtained, subject to applicable copyright law, at the

Kentucky Department for Natural Resources, 2 Hudson Hollow, Frankfort, Kentucky

40601, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

(8 Ky.R. 1518; eff. 1-6-83; Am. 12 Ky.R. 579; eff. 12-10-85; 15 Ky.R. 443;

1070; eff. 12-13-88; 38 Ky.R. 2004; 39 Ky.R. 471; eff. 9-6-2012.)