The permittee shall submit two copies of an annual map to
the commission for all permit areas by each March fifteenth. The scale must be
1:4,800 or other scale approved by the commission. The information must be
reported for each calendar year until all bond has been released. The map, or
maps if necessary, must clearly show the following and include a legend
specifying the number of acres [hectares] in each category:
1. Each permit area and section line.
2. Activities during the year for
each permit, including:
a. Acreage
[hectarage] affected.
b. Acreage
[hectarage] where suitable plant growth material removal operations have been
completed.
c. Acreage [hectarage]
where coal mining operations are completed and the contemporaneous reclamation
requirement of subsection 14 of North Dakota Century Code section
38-14.1-24 has been initiated.
d. Acreage [hectarage] where grade
approval has been obtained.
e.
Acreage [hectarage] where suitable plant growth material redistribution
operations have been completed.
f.
Acreage [hectarage] planted where the ten-year revegetation period has been
initiated.
g. Acreage [hectarage]
where bond has been partially released and the stage of release.
h. Acreage [hectarage] where bond has been
totally released.
3.
Location of suitable plant growth material stockpiles. Supporting information
must include ownership, date seeded, type of material in each stockpile
(topsoil or subsoil), and estimated cubic yards [meters] for each stockpile.
4. Cumulative information on the
mining and reclamation activities that have occurred within each permit area
which include:
a. Affected acreage where
topsoil must be replaced. The acreage specified on the map legend must be
listed separately for each surface owner unless the surface owner has agreed to
soil mixing as allowed by subsection 6 of section
69-05.2-15-04. The combined
acreage for all surface owners who have agreed to soil mixing must be specified
on the map legend.
b. Affected
acreage where subsoil must be replaced. The acreage specified on the map legend
must be listed separately for each surface owner unless the surface owner has
agreed to soil mixing as allowed by subsection 6 of section
69-05.2-15-04. The combined
acreage for all surface owners who have agreed to soil mixing must be specified
on the map legend.
c. Acreage
[hectarage] planted where the ten-year revegetation period has been initiated
and the year of initiation.
d.
Acreage [hectarage] where bond has been partially released and the stage of
release.
e. A tabular listing of
acreage [hectarage] where bond has been totally released.
Notes
N.D. Admin Code 69-05.2-13-02
Effective August 1, 1980;
amended effective June 1, 1983; May 1,1990; June 1, 1994; June 1, 1997; May 1,
1999.
General Authority: NDCC
38-14.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC
38-14.1-27
