Minnesota Administrative Rules

6132.1400 REQUEST FOR RELEASE FROM PERMIT.

Subpart 1.

Purpose.

The purpose of the request for release is to provide the commissioner with information on the final reclamation status of the mining area or a specific portion of the area. The request shall be submitted by the permittee when the permittee has concluded that all reclamation has been satisfactorily accomplished and that release from the permit or portion of it should be granted.

Subp. 2.

Contents.

The request for release shall include the following:

A.

a declaration by the permittee of how each portion of the mining area for which a release is requested has been made to comply with the requirements of parts 6132.2000 to 6132.3200 and the permit to mine;

B.

identification of:

(1)

the ownership of the mining area;

(2)

all remaining structures and auxiliary facilities; and

(3)

all locations at which postclosure maintenance is necessary;

C.

a discussion of all areas excluded from release because of the necessity of conducting postclosure maintenance under part 6132.3200, subpart 2, item E, subitem (7);

D.

a copy of the record filed in the county recorder's office advising future owners of the mining area that it has been mined; and

E.

a map in the form prescribed by part 6132.1100, subpart 7, which shows the following:

(1)

the location and status of all mining land forms and facilities created or used during the mining operation;

(2)

the areas for which release is being requested;

(3)

the areas on which postclosure maintenance is being conducted;

(4)

the final topography of all mining land forms;

(5)

the location, type, and extent of vegetation that has been established under part 6132.2800;

(6)

the existing and ultimate anticipated level of open pit and underground mine water, and the year in which the ultimate level is expected to be reached;

(7)

the locations of the safe accesses to the bottom of an open pit;

(8)

the location of all sealed access points to underground mine workings;

(9)

the location of fences and other access barriers; and

(10)

the location of areas prone to subsidence.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 93.44 to 93.51; 103G.222

History:

17 SR 2207

Published Electronically:

June 11, 2008