Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 12, December 20, 2024
Section XV-4101 - Determination of Bond AmountA. The standard applied by the office in determining the amount of performance bond shall be the estimated cost to the office if it had to perform the reclamation, restoration and abatement work of a person who conducts surface coal mining and reclamation operations under the Act, these regulations and the permit, and such additional work as would be required to achieve compliance with the general standards for revegetation in §5423. A.5 in the event the permittee fails to implement an approved alternative post-mining land use plan within the two years required by §5423. B.4 This amount shall be based on, but not be limited to:1. the estimated costs submitted by the permittee in accordance with §2715;2. the additional estimated costs to the office which may arise from applicable public contracting requirements or the need to bring personnel and equipment to the permit area after its abandonment by the permittee to perform reclamation, restoration and abatement work;3. all additional estimated costs necessary, expedient and incident to the satisfactory completion of the requirements identified in this Section;4. an additional amount based on factors of cost changes during the preceding five years for the types of activities associated with the reclamation to be performed;5. such other cost information as may be required by or available to the office.La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XV-4101
Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 5:395 (December 1979), amended LR 14:441 (July 1988), LR 20:447 (April 1994).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:901-932.