R 425.501 Mining and reclamation report.

Rule 501. (1) A permittee shall file an annual mining and reclamation report with the department; the city, village, or township where the proposed mining operation is located; and the Indian governing body having jurisdiction over an Indian reservation containing all or part of the mining area or affected area. The report shall be filed in printed and electronic format on or before March 15 of each year during the period the mine is operating and during the postclosure monitoring period. The department shall post a copy of the report on the department website.The report shall contain all of the following: (a) A map or maps drawn to an appropriate scale on a topographic base and referenced to the nearest government-surveyed section or quarter-section lines, accompanied by appropriate documents or notations, depicting and describing all of the following as they existed on December 31 of the previous year: (i) The locations and dimensions of portals, shafts, or other openings between the land surface and underground mine workings. (ii) The location, depth, and contours or slopes of surface pits, underground mine excavations, or both. (iii) The location of buildings, equipment, roads, railroad spurs, power supplies, fuel storage, or other pertinent features within the mining area. (iv) Overburden, waste rock, and ore stockpiles. (v) Settling ponds and tailings disposal areas. (vi) Drainage control structures and grading. (vii) Areas that the permittee has reclaimed during the past calendar year. (viii) Areas that the permittee anticipates will be reclaimed during the current calendar year. (ix) The name of the person or persons responsible for the preparation of the report, and the date of preparation. (b) An update of the contingency plan. The permittee shall provide a copy of the update to the emergency management coordinator. (c) A report of monitoring, leak detection, inspection, and leachate collection results for the preceding calendar year. (d) A report of the total tons of material mined from the mining area, and the amount of metallic product by weight, produced from the nonferrous metallic mineral mine for the preceding calendar year. (e) An updated organization report. (f) An update of the characterization of reactivity of the ore, waste rock, and overburden that will be mined, and peripheral rock that will be exposed in the process of mining, and of any tailings that will be generated. (g) A list and summary of the reports required under R 425.503(1) for the preceding calendar year. (2) Records upon which the mining and reclamation reports are based shall be preserved by the permittee for 3 years and made available to the department upon request. (3) A permittee shall file with the department an updated estimate of the cost of reclamation for mining activities planned for the current and succeeding 2 years of operation of the mine on or before March 15 of every third year after issuance of the mining permit.