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• Exploratory drilling definition125 ft

  Exploratory drilling means the process of excavation, drilling, boring, or core boring of wells or other holes in the earth, by any process, for purposes of determining the presence of coal, petroleum, natural gas, sand, gravel, ore, or other minerals, other than water, and not including the extraction of any soil, rock or other material except for purposes of analysis. The term exploratory drilling shall be deemed to include all activities appurtenant or accessory thereto, including, without limitation, the construction of access roads and disposition of drilling spoil; but it shall not be deemed to include drilling of holes not more than 125 feet in depth, designed solely to determine the geologic suitability of a site for the construction of structures.

• Natural resource extraction definition

  Natural resource extraction means the process by which coal petroleum, natural gas, soil, sand, gravel, ore, or other minerals are removed from any open pit, borings or any other underground workings and produced for sale, exchange or commercial use or otherwise removed from the site, and all shafts, slopes, drifts or inclines leading thereto and including all buildings, structures and equipment above and below the surface of the ground used in connection with such process. Natural resource extraction as defined herein shall not be deemed to include: exploratory activities designed to determine the presence of coal, petroleum, natural gas, soil, sand, gravel, ore, or other minerals, including but not limited to, excavation, drilling, boring or core boring; the drilling or boring of wells for the purpose of obtaining water; nor the removal of soil and other related material as necessary to establish another permitted use upon the same site.