Operator to file annual reports
(1) An operator shall file an annual report with the department within 30 days of the anniversary date of each permit. In lieu of an annual report for each permit, the department may allow the operator to file an annual report for each operation on a date determined by the department. Included within an annual report shall be:
(a) the name and address of the operator and permit number or numbers;
(b) a report in such detail as the department shall require, supplemented with maps, cross sections, or other material indicating the extent to which mining operations have been carried out, the progress of all reclamation work, including the type of planting or seeding, mixture and amount of seed, date of planting or seeding, and area of land planted, the extent to which expectations and predictions made in the original application have been fulfilled and any deviation therefrom, and the number of acres affected; and
(c) a revised schedule or timetable of operations and reclamation and an estimate of the number of acres to be affected during the next 1-year period.
(2) Upon receipt of the annual report, the department may make further inquiry and request further information and, if it does so, shall allow a reasonable opportunity for the operator to respond.
(3) When problem situations are revealed by review of new information or as a result of field inspections, the department may order such changes in the mining and reclamation plans as are necessary to insure compliance with this part.
(1) An operator shall file an annual report with the department within 30 days of on a the date anniversary date of each permit. In lieu of an determined by annual the department. An annual report for each permit, the department may allow the operator to file an annual report for must include: each operation on a date determined by the department. Included within an annual report shall be:
(a) the name and address of the operator and permit number or numbers; and
(b) a report in such detail with as detail required by the department shall require, department, supplemented with maps, cross sections, or other material indicating the extent to which mining operations have been carried out, the progress of all reclamation work, including the type of planting or seeding, mixture and amount of seed, date of planting or seeding, and area of land planted, the and extent to which expectations and predictions made in the original application have been fulfilled and any deviation therefrom, and the number of acres affected; and affected.
(c) a revised schedule or timetable of operations and reclamation and an estimate of the number of acres to be affected during the next 1-year period.
(2) Upon receipt of the annual report, the department may make further inquiry and request request further additional information and, if it does so, and shall allow a reasonable opportunity for the operator to respond. respond to the request.
(3) When problem situations problems are revealed by review of new information or as a result of field inspections, the department may order such changes necessary changes in the mining and reclamation plans as are necessary to insure ensure compliance with this part.
Operator to file annual reports
| EnactedEn. SectionSec. 6, ChapterCh. 325, Laws ofL. 1973 |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 1, ChapterCh. 221, Laws ofL. 1975 |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 19, ChapterCh. 441, Laws ofL. 1975 |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 1, ChapterCh. 352, Laws ofL. 1977 |
| Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1947, 50-1039(2) thru (4) |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 5, ChapterCh. 196, Laws ofL. 1979 |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 1, ChapterCh. 68, Laws ofL. 1983 |