§181-4  Application forpermit; fee.  (a)  Any operator desiring to engage in strip mining shallmake written application to the board of land and natural resources for apermit.  Application for the permit shall be made upon the form furnished bythe board, which form shall require a description of the pit with suchparticularity as the board may require, the approximate number of acres ofmineral land that will be mined annually, the approximate date upon whichmining operations shall commence and such other information as the board mayrequire.  The application shall be accompanied by an annual fee determined bythe number of acres to be stripped in one year, as follows:

Less than ten acres.................................. $100

Ten to twenty-four acres.............................. 200

Twenty-five to forty-nine acres....................... 300

Fifty to ninety-nine acres............................ 400

One hundred acres..................................... 500

The application together with the proper fee shallalso be accompanied by a bond meeting the requirements of section 181-5.

Upon receipt of the application, fee, and bond,the board shall issue a permit to the applicant which, upon the applicant'sfiling the plan required by subsection (a) of section 181-6 shall entitle theapplicant for a period of one year next following to engage in strip mining ofthe land identified in the application in the manner and subject to theprovisions set forth in the plan.  The board shall refuse to issue a permit ifthe application is not in proper form or is not accompanied by the correctamount of the fee or if the bond does not meet the requirements of section181-5.

(b)  Each permit shall be renewed each year bythe board upon receipt by it of the required annual fee and the filing of thebond required by section 181-5.  The permit, whether originally issued orrenewed, shall remain in effect until terminated through lapse of time, orsuspended, revoked, or cancelled by the board following a hearing as providedin subsection (b) of section 181-7, for failure of the operator to comply withthe terms thereof or the requirements of this chapter. [L 1957, c 161, §5; am L1959, c 20, §4; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §21; am L 1961, c 132, §2; Supp, §98C-5;HRS §181-4; gen ch 1985]