Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Natural Resources
Title R652 - Forestry, Fire and State Lands
Rule R652-20 - Mineral Resources
Section R652-20-3000 - Mineral Lease Application-Lake or Stream Bed
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 652-20-3000
Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
1. Applications for mineral leases for lands within the bed of a lake or stream will be rejected unless:
(a) the lake or stream has been judicially
determined to have been navigable at the time of statehood or was, in the
reasonable judgment of the division, navigable at the time; or
(b) the issuance to applicant of a lease on
the navigable lake or navigable stream bed would serve to protect the applicant
as the owner, or holder of mineral rights, on abutting riparian
uplands.
2. Any lessee or operator proposing, or conducting, exploration or mining operations in the bed of a navigable lake or stream shall, prior to the commencement of operations, file the notification and obtain such permits as may legally be required by any and all local, state, or federal governmental agencies, having jurisdiction over these activities. In no event will the lessee or operator cause pollution or salinity in any navigable lake or stream to exceed these limits which are set by ordinance, law or inter-governmental treaty.
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