Section R. 425.8 - Environment planRule 8.
(1) Upon request of the supervisor, an operator shall submit his long-range environment plan for the mining area.(2) An operator, on his own initiative, may submit an environment plan covering the mining area or any portion thereof to the supervisor at any time prior to abandonment.(3) An environment plan shall include the following:(a) A detailed description of the mining area.(b) The reclamation problems involved.(c) The operator's plan of action to prevent erosion and pollution, to attain revegetation, and to achieve the ultimate reclamation of the mining area in accordance with the purposes and requirements of the act and the rules adopted thereunder.(d) An estimate time schedule for completion of the plan, and the proposed purpose for which the land is to be used upon completion.(e) Estimated cost of reclamation.(f) Other pertinent information that the supervisor may deem necessary.(4) If circumstances warrant, or if development of an environment plan is dependent upon unknown factors which cannot or will not be determined except during the progress of the operation, a partial plan may be submitted and supplemented as new plans are developed.(5) If the surface landowner and the operator are 2 separate persons, the surface landowner shall be given an opportunity to comment on the operator's environment plan before the operator submits the plan to the supervisor.Mich. Admin. Code R. 425.8