GENERAL55648

• Permit No: M1977342
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 3/4/1994
• From: STOLLER
• To: HENDERSON MINE
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INAR 04 '94 10 58 COLD~MINING ASSN 303 8948416 .3i9
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disapproved by a joint resolution of the General As~~embly.
Rules will be reviewed by an interir~ committee of the
General Assembly during the Summer of 1977.
PERMITS REQUIRED
All mining operations conducted within the state are now
or soon will be required to have a permit. Under the Act,
mining operation means the development or extraction of a
mineral from its natural occurrences on affected land
including, but not limited to, open mining and surface
operations and the disposal of refuse from underground and
in situ mining. Affected land means the disturbed surface
of an area where a mining operation is being or will be
conducted. Virtually, all surface operations (roads,
buildings, excavations, tailing ponds, etc.) are sub;iect
to reclamation if such operations are on affected land.
By referencing surface operations, the General Assembly
clearly intended to exclude the surface impacts of subsidence
from the reclamation requirements imposed by 88 1065..
New operations require a permit before commencing operations.
Operations conducted pursuant to the 1973 open mining law
are required to apply for a permit under the new law with
90 days of the expiration of their existing permits. Opein
tions conducted lawfully without a permit prior to J~ily lra-
1976 may continue until October 1r 1977, provided that ,
application for a permit is made prior to that time. Suc
operations may continue beyond October 1, 1977 if proper h
application is made prior thereto.
Permits are to be for the life of the mine, a term defined
in the bill to take into account temporary shutdowns.
Only the Board is empowered to grant a permit, but it is
not to do so where the operation would be inconsistent
with a local government's adopted land use plan.
PERMIT APPLICATIONS
Applications for regular permits require a great deal of
information, including a reclamation plan, a map, a fee,
information relating to surface and subsurface ownership,
a description of the method of mining, and a timetable
for the operation.
The key item in the application is the reclamation plan.
It must be a fairly thorough document detailing how a.ll
of the land disturbed by the operation will be reclai~aed.
Methods of implementation, the rationale for selectin~l a
particular reclamation formula, proposed reclamation
timetables, descriptions o! how vegetation, wildlife,
water, air, and soil will be rehabilitated, portrayal~a
(by map and otherwise) of the intended final land use,