Mine Area definition
Examples of Mine Area in a sentence
Each Party shall conduct its operations in the Pennsylvania Mine Area in a good and workmanlike manner, in accordance with good and safe practices and standards for the type of work being conducted as a reasonably prudent operator operating under similar circumstances and in a manner that does not constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Except as otherwise expressly amended and restated herein as to the Pennsylvania Mine Area, the MCSA remains in full force and effect as to all other areas outside the Pennsylvania Mine Area.
Subject to and to the extent not prohibited by or covered under Existing Permits/Agreements, Coal Party grants to Gas Party the sole, exclusive, and irrevocable right and option (“Gas Party Option”) to purchase and acquire any Gas Interests to the extent such Gas Interest (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Coal Gas contained in any coal seam) is purchased, leased, or otherwise acquired by Coal Party after the Execution Date within the Pennsylvania Mine Area.
Gas Party or Coal Party may terminate this Agreement if, within the Pennsylvania Mine Area, there are (i) no active mining operations by Coal Party and (ii) no active gas operations by Gas Party.
Gas Party shall not release, terminate, exchange, assign, or in any manner compromise Coal Party’s claims to Coal Interests in the Pennsylvania Mine Area without the prior written approval of Coal Party.
For the avoidance of doubt, except as set forth in the Omnibus Agreement, in no event shall any Party have any liability under this Agreement or applicable Law for any claim, damage, loss, or liability sustained or incurred in connection with its operations with respect to the Pennsylvania Mine Area or any breach of any provision of this Agreement.
Coal Party shall provide written notice to Gas Party not more than thirty (30) Business Days after Coal Party’s purchase, lease, or other acquisition of any Gas Interests within the Pennsylvania Mine Area (“Coal Notice”), and, at Gas Party’s written election delivered to Coal Party within thirty (30) Business Days after Gas Party’s receipt of a Coal Notice, the Parties shall enter into an agreement for the purchase of such interests in a mutually agreeable form.
Coal Party shall not release, terminate, exchange, assign, or in any manner compromise Gas Party’s claims to Coal Gas within the Pennsylvania Mine Area without the prior written approval of Gas Party.
The Parties shall cooperate in good faith to seek to maximize coal and gas production from the Pennsylvania Mine Area.
In the event any new surface facilities are constructed or surface real property improvements are made by Coal Party or Gas Party within a Mine Area, the constructing Party shall promptly provide the other Party with As-Built Construction Drawings showing the nature and location of such new construction or improvement as are available to the constructing Party, or alternatively notify the other Party and make such As-Built Construction Drawings available to the other Party for copying.