25 Pa. Code § 86.145 - Department responsibilities
(a)
The Department will prescribe and furnish the forms for filing bonds.
(b) The Department will prescribe terms and
conditions for bonds and insurance.
(c) The Department will establish bonding
amount rate guidelines based on the estimated cost to the Department for
completing the reclamation requirements of the permittee under the law, the
regulations and the conditions of the permit considering the factors listed in
§
86.149(b)
(relating to determination of bond amount). The guidelines shall be reviewed
and, if necessary, revised by the Department annually to reflect the current
cost of reclamation to the Department. The Department may consider fees, fines
or other sources of money paid by the permittee and dedicated for reclamation
of defaulted permit areas in determining bonding guidelines.
(d) The Department will determine the amount
of the bond required for the permit areas, including adjustments to the initial
amount from time to time as land acreages in the permit area are revised, costs
to the Department of reclamation change or when other relevant conditions
change according to the minimum requirements of § 86.149.
(e) Bonds shall be reviewed for legality and
form according to established procedures.
(f) The Department will release the permittee
from his bond and insurance requirements as provided in §§
86.170-86.172 (relating to scope;
procedures for seeking release of bond; and criteria for release of
bond).
(g) The Department will
cause a bond to be forfeited as provided in §§
86.180 -86.182 and
86.185-86.190.
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