Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
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
