North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 43 - Industrial Commission
Article 43-02 - Mineral Exploration and Development
Chapter 43-02-02.4 - Solution Mining
Section 43-02-02.4-01 - Definitions

The terms used throughout this chapter have the same meaning as in North Dakota Century Code chapter 38-12, except:

1. "Adjacent area" means land located outside the permit area where air, surface or ground water, fish, wildlife, vegetation, or other resources may be adversely impacted by solution mining and reclamation operations.

2. "Certified or registered mail" means any form of service by the United States postal service, federal express, Pitney Bowes, and any other commercial, nationwide delivery service that provides the mailer with a document showing the date of delivery or refusal to accept delivery.

3. "Department" means the department of mineral resources of the industrial commission.

4. "Deposit" means an underground concentration containing a common accumulation of subsurface minerals.

5. "Director" means the director of the department of mineral resources of the industrial commission.

6. "Diversion" means a channel, embankment, or other manmade structure constructed to divert water from one area to another.

7. "Field" means the general area underlaid by a concentration of subsurface minerals. Field also includes the geological formation containing such subsurface minerals.

8. "Log or well log" means a systematic, detailed, and correct record of formations encountered in the drilling of a well, and includes commercial electrical logs and similar records.

9. "Occupied dwelling" means a residence which is lived in by a person at least six months throughout a calendar year.

10. "Product" means any commodity made from any subsurface mineral.

11. "Saltwater handling facility" means any container, such as a pit, tank, or pool, whether covered or uncovered, used for the handling, storage, disposal of deleterious substances obtained, or used in connection with the drilling or operation of wells.

12. "Solution mining" means the process of injecting fluid into a well to dissolve rock salt or other readily soluble rock or mineral, and the production of the resulting artificial brine.

13. "Toxic-forming materials" means earth materials or wastes which, if acted upon by air, water, weathering, or microbiological processes, are likely to produce chemical or physical conditions in soils or water that are detrimental to biota or uses of water.

14. "Waste" means:

a. Physical waste;

b. Operations which cause or tend to cause unnecessary or excessive surface loss; or

c. Operations that do not recover all of the mineral being mined that is technically and economically possible.

General Authority: NDCC 38-12-02

Law Implemented: NDCC 38-12-02