CHAPTER 4. RECLAMATION
- Part 1. Strip and Underground Mine Siting
- 82-4-101. Short title.
- 82-4-102. Intent -- findings -- policy and purpose.
- 82-4-103. Definitions.
- 82-4-104. Application.
- 82-4-105. through reserved.
- 82-4-111. Rules of board -- hearings.
- 82-4-112. Administration.
- 82-4-113. Receipts paid into general fund.
- 82-4-114. through reserved.
- 82-4-121. Permit required.
- 82-4-122. Application and approval of permit.
- 82-4-123. Permit fee and surety bond.
- 82-4-124. Permit -- authority under and renewal.
- 82-4-125. Refusal of permit.
- 82-4-126. When information may be used to meet strip-mining or underground-mining permit requirements.
- 82-4-127. Effect of siting permit on subsequent mining permits.
- 82-4-128. Termination of permit.
- 82-4-129. Noncompliance -- suspension of permits.
- 82-4-130. Procedure for hearings.
- 82-4-131. through reserved.
- 82-4-141. Violation -- penalty.
- 82-4-142. Mandamus to compel enforcement.
- Part 2. Coal and Uranium Mine Reclamation
- 82-4-201. Short title.
- 82-4-202. Intent -- policy -- findings.
- 82-4-203. Definitions.
- 82-4-204. Board rules.
- 82-4-205. Administration by department and board.
- 82-4-206. Procedure for contested case hearings.
- 82-4-207. through reserved.
- 82-4-221. Mining permit required.
- 82-4-222. Permit application -- application revisions.
- 82-4-223. Surety bond.
- 82-4-224. Repealed.
- 82-4-225. Application for increase or reduction in permit area.
- 82-4-226. Prospecting permit.
- 82-4-227. Refusal of permit.
- 82-4-228. Designation of land unsuitable for coal mining.
- 82-4-229. and reserved.
- 82-4-231. Submission of and action on reclamation plan.
- 82-4-232. Area mining required -- bond -- alternative plan.
- 82-4-233. Planting of vegetation following grading of disturbed area.
- 82-4-234. Commencement of reclamation.
- 82-4-235. Determination of successful revegetation -- final bond release.
- 82-4-236. Vegetation as property of landowner.
- 82-4-237. Operator to file annual reports.
- 82-4-238. Successor operator.
- 82-4-239. Reclamation.
- 82-4-240. Reclamation of lands after bond forfeited.
- 82-4-241. Receipts paid into general fund -- disposition of bond forfeiture money.
- 82-4-242. Funds received by department.
- 82-4-243. Subsidence.
- 82-4-244. Coal and uranium mine permitting and reclamation program account.
- 82-4-245. through reserved.
- 82-4-250. Operating permit revocation -- permit transfer.
- 82-4-251. Noncompliance -- suspension of permits.
- 82-4-252. Mandamus.
- 82-4-253. Suit for damage to water supply.
- 82-4-254. Violation -- penalty -- waiver.
- Part 3. Metal Mine Reclamation
- 82-4-301. Legislative intent and findings.
- 82-4-302. Purpose.
- 82-4-303. Definitions.
- 82-4-304. Exemption -- works performed prior to promulgation of rules.
- 82-4-305. Exemption -- small miners -- written agreement.
- 82-4-306. Confidentiality of application information.
- 82-4-307. Review of existing files.
- 82-4-308. Release by waiver.
- 82-4-309. Exemption -- operations on federal lands.
- 82-4-310. Exemption -- scale and type of activity.
- 82-4-311. Disposition of fees, fines, penalties, and other uncleared money.
- 82-4-312. Hard-rock mining reclamation debt service fund.
- 82-4-313. Hard-rock mining reclamation bonds.
- 82-4-314. Authorization for sale of hard-rock mining reclamation bonds.
- 82-4-315. Hard-rock mining reclamation special revenue account.
- 82-4-316. through reserved.
- 82-4-321. Administration.
- 82-4-322. Investigations, research, and experiments.
- 82-4-323. Interagency cooperation -- receipt and expenditure of funds.
- 82-4-324. through reserved.
- 82-4-331. Exploration license required -- employees included -- limitation.
- 82-4-332. Exploration license.
- 82-4-333. Repealed.
- 82-4-334. Exception -- geological phenomena.
- 82-4-335. Operating permit -- limitation -- fees.
- 82-4-336. Reclamation plan and specific reclamation requirements.
- 82-4-337. Inspection -- issuance of operating permit -- modification, amendment, or revision.
- 82-4-338. Performance bond.
- 82-4-339. Annual report of activities by permittee -- fee -- notice of large-scale mineral developer status.
- 82-4-340. Successor operator.
- 82-4-341. Compliance -- reclamation by department.
- 82-4-342. Amendment to operating permits.
- 82-4-343. through reserved.
- 82-4-349. Limitations of actions -- venue.
- 82-4-350. Award of costs and attorney fees.
- 82-4-351. Reasons for denial of permit.
- 82-4-352. Reapplication with new reclamation plan.
- 82-4-353. Administrative remedies -- notice -- appeals -- parties.
- 82-4-354. Mandamus to compel enforcement.
- 82-4-355. Action for damages to water supply -- replacement.
- 82-4-356. Action in response to complaints related to use of explosives.
- 82-4-357. Abatement of environmental emergencies.
- 82-4-358. and reserved.
- 82-4-360. When activity prohibited -- exception.
- 82-4-361. Violation -- penalties -- waiver.
- 82-4-362. Suspension of permits -- hearing.
- 82-4-363. through reserved.
- 82-4-367. Long-term or perpetual water treatment permanent trust fund.
- 82-4-368. through reserved.
- 82-4-371. Reclamation of abandoned mine sites.
- 82-4-372. Filing of lien for abandoned mine reclamation project.
- 82-4-373. through reserved.
- 82-4-390. Cyanide heap and vat leach open-pit gold and silver mining prohibited.
- Part 4. Opencut Mining Reclamation
- 82-4-401. Short title.
- 82-4-402. Intent, findings, and policy.
- 82-4-403. Definitions.
- 82-4-404. Exemption -- operations covered by metal mine reclamation.
- 82-4-405. Inapplicability to government.
- 82-4-406. Exemption -- opencut operations on federal and state lands.
- 82-4-407. through reserved.
- 82-4-421. Repealed.
- 82-4-422. Powers, duties, and functions.
- 82-4-423. Repealed.
- 82-4-424. Receipt and expenditure of funds -- disposition of penalties and other money.
- 82-4-425. Inspection of opencut operations.
- 82-4-426. Reclamation of land on which bond forfeited.
- 82-4-427. Hearing -- appeal -- venue.
- 82-4-428. through reserved.
- 82-4-431. Permit for mining, processing, and reclamation required.
- 82-4-432. Application for permit -- contents -- issuance -- amendment.
- 82-4-433. Bond.
- 82-4-434. Plan of operation -- requirements.
- 82-4-435. Repealed.
- 82-4-436. Plan amendments by department.
- 82-4-437. Annual report -- fee.
- 82-4-438. Opencut fund -- use of fund.
- 82-4-439. Extended review -- criteria -- timeframes.
- 82-4-440. reserved.
- 82-4-441. Administrative and judicial penalties -- enforcement.
- 82-4-442. Suspension and revocation orders.
- 82-4-443. and reserved.
- 82-4-445. Reclamation of abandoned mine sites.
- 82-4-446. Filing of lien for abandoned mine reclamation project.