Indiana Code Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources § 14-34-6-1

Sec. 1. (a) After a surface coal mining and reclamation permit application is approved but before the permit is issued, the applicant must file with the director, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director, a bond for performance payable to the state and conditional upon faithful performance of all the requirements of this article and of the permit.  The bond must cover the area of land within the permit area upon which the operator will initiate and conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations within the initial term of the permit.

(b) As succeeding increments of surface coal mining and reclamation operations are initiated and conducted within the permit area, the permittee must file with the director an additional bond to cover those increments in accordance with this chapter.

(c) If a permittee files a bond that becomes unacceptable under section 4 of this chapter, the permittee must file an acceptable bond as required by the director.