Laserfiche WebLink
~ _ • ~ -3 <br />16. "Confidentiality: The legislature established specific areas of confidentiality. <br />Perhaps only a mining operator can appreciate the importance of this provision, <br />but its importance is emphasized by the misdemeanor provision for disclosure. <br />The Board should consider this emphasis in its rule making approach and be aware that <br />compliance with current mining and reclamation map requirements disclosing contour <br />lines and cross sections makes the confidentiality concept meaningless since by <br />extrapolation the reserves can be more or less deteryiined. (GSB). <br />17. "Rule-making: No "rule" which would affect substantive rights should be adopted <br />until the opportunity of those governed to be heard has been given. An example <br />is the preposterous position taken by the staff and its legal counsel that "filing' <br />could be "denited" (although receipt had been acknowledged) because of an <br />acknowledgedly uncommunicated "rule" that confidential material must be segregated <br />from one or more of the copies filed with the Board. Had we known, such would have <br />presented little problem, since such copies were "filed" with the County Clerk and <br />Recorder" (GSB). <br />18. What is the role of the Board relative to the new regulations of the Federal Office <br />of Surface Mining and the enforcement of provisions o£ the New Surface Mining <br />Act. (Harold M. Tyus, U.S. Fish and Wildlife). <br />19. What date is a permit issued? Approved at MLR Board Meting; bond receipt; review <br />aid acceptance; or final signature of a Board member after receipt and approval of <br />bond? (David Sturges, Peabody Coal Co.) <br />20. 4uestion re excavations for homesites falling under Act. <br />21. Rules S Regulations discussion. <br />22. Board policy concerning the permitting of federal mining research projects such <br />as Paraho and the USBM research shaft in Rio Blanco County. <br />23. Other topics, as determined by the Board. <br />