Whenever the Department has reason to believe that any person is in violation of any requirement of this act or any permit condition required by this act, the Department shall immediately order inspection of the surface coal mining operation at which the alleged violation is occurring unless the information available to the Department is a result of a previous inspection of such surface coal mining operation. When the inspection results from information provided to the Department by any person, the Department shall notify such person when the inspection is proposed to be carried out and such person shall be allowed to accompany the inspector during the inspection. Laws 1979, c. 249, § 42, emerg. eff. June 1, 1979.
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