Minnesota Administrative Rules

6132.1300 ANNUAL REPORT.

Subpart 1.

Purpose.

The purpose of the annual report is to describe actual mining and reclamation completed during the past year, the mining and reclamation activities planned for the upcoming year, and a contingency reclamation plan to be implemented if operations cease in the upcoming year. The permittee shall submit an annual report, in duplicate, to the commissioner by March 31 of each year.

Subp. 2.

Preceding calendar year.

For the preceding calendar year, the report must include:

A.

a description of actual mining activities, including:

(1)

the types, amounts, sequence, and schedule of mining the ore body and storage piling materials, including the distinction among ore, lean ore, and waste rock; and

(2)

changes in the beneficiating process, including a discussion of the type and amount of chemicals added and their effect, if any, on the types, amount, and means of waste disposal;

B.

a description of actual reclamation activities and corrective actions;

C.

a description of the status of ongoing postclosure maintenance activities;

D.

a discussion of items A to C differ in scope and schedule from the approved mining and reclamation plan under part 6132.1100, subpart 6;

E.

a characterization of new rock types or formations encountered during mining that have not been previously characterized under part 6132.1000, subpart 2;

F.

a discussion of changes in ownership or organizational structure of the permittee; and

G.

a description of actual wetland replacement activities, in the manner prescribed by the monitoring section of the "Standards and Procedures for Evaluating Wetland Replacement Plans" pursuant to chapter 8420, wetland rules.

Subp. 3.

Upcoming calendar year.

For the upcoming calendar year, the report must include:

A.

the anticipated rate of mining;

B.

the anticipated mining activities, including:

(1)

the types, amounts, sequence, and schedule of mining the ore body and storage piling materials, including the distinctions among ore, lean ore, and waste rock; and

(2)

changes in the beneficiating process, including a discussion of the type and amount of chemicals to be added and their effect, if any, on the types, amount, and means of waste disposal;

C.

the anticipated reclamation including methods, schedules, and research;

D.

notification of intent to close a mining area or portion of an area;

E.

a discussion of how anticipated activities will differ in scope and schedule from the approved mining and reclamation plan under part 6132.1100, subpart 6;

F.

evidence that the liability insurance policy submitted with the permit application under part 6132.1100, subpart 3, item C, is in force, or that self-insurance requirements are being met;

G.

a discussion of anticipated changes in ownership and organizational structure of the permittee; and

H.

a wetland replacement plan approved pursuant to part 6132.5300.

Subp. 4.

Contingency reclamation plan.

A contingency reclamation plan including closure and postclosure maintenance shall be submitted with the annual report to identify reclamation activities that would be implemented by the permittee if operations cease in the upcoming calendar year. The plan shall include the following:

A.

methods, sequence, and schedule of reclamation that address the goals and meet the requirements of parts 6132.2000 to 6132.3200;

B.

maps and cross sections at a scale approved by the commissioner that depict the construction, including shape, extent, and content, and reclamation, including contouring, covering, vegetation, closure, and postclosure maintenance, of each area affected by mining; and

C.

cost estimates and financial mechanisms under part 6132.1200 necessary to implement the contingency reclamation plan if operations cease in the upcoming calendar year.

Subp. 5.

Corrective action for upcoming calendar year.

When a corrective action plan has been required under part 6132.3100, subpart 2, the report shall include:

A.

a description of actual corrective action conducted in the preceding calendar year;

B.

a description of anticipated corrective action for the upcoming calendar year; and

C.

a corrective action cost estimate for the upcoming year under part 6132.1200, subpart 3.

Subp. 6.

Maps.

For the preceding and upcoming year, the report shall contain a map in the form prescribed by part 6132.1100, subpart 7, that shows the status of mining, construction, reclamation including closure and postclosure maintenance, and watershed modifications.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 93.44 to 93.51; 103G.222

History:

17 SR 2207

Published Electronically:

June 11, 2008