Minnesota Administrative Rules

6131.0140 PERMIT TO MINE PEAT.

Subpart 1.

Preapplication conference and site visit.

Prior to the preparation of an application for a permit to mine, a person shall meet with the commissioner for a preapplication conference and a site visit.

Subp. 2.

Generally.

Pursuant to part 6131.0030, subpart 1, no person shall carry out a mining operation for peat in this state without first obtaining a permit to mine from the commissioner.

Subp. 3.

Mines in operation on August 5, 1985.

Pursuant to part 6131.0030, subpart 1, a person conducting a mining operation on August 5, 1985, who applies for a permit to mine by February 5, 1986, may continue to conduct the operation during the pendency of the application.

Subp. 4.

Joint applications.

Where two or more persons are or will be engaged in a mining operation, all shall join in the application and the permit to mine shall be issued on a joint basis. Where a person is or will be engaged in only a portion of the operation, that person need only be a joint permittee in the portion in which that person is participating.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 93.461

History:

10 SR 277

Published Electronically:

June 11, 2008