207.26  Mining operations not subject to this chapter.
  The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any of the following activities:
  1.  The extraction of coal by a landowner for the landowner’s own noncommercial use from land owned or leased by the landowner.
  2.  The extraction of coal as an incidental part of federal, state or local government-financed highway or other construction under rules promulgated by the division.
[C81, §83.26]
88 Acts, ch 1022, §1
C93, §207.26