Prior to the preparation of an application for a permit to mine, a person shall meet with the commissioner for a preapplication conference and a site visit.
Pursuant to part 6131.0030, subpart 1, no person shall carry out a mining operation for peat in this state without first obtaining a permit to mine from the commissioner.
Pursuant to part 6131.0030, subpart 1, a person conducting a mining operation on August 5, 1985, who applies for a permit to mine by February 5, 1986, may continue to conduct the operation during the pendency of the application.
Where two or more persons are or will be engaged in a mining operation, all shall join in the application and the permit to mine shall be issued on a joint basis. Where a person is or will be engaged in only a portion of the operation, that person need only be a joint permittee in the portion in which that person is participating.
Minn. R. agency 158, ch. 6131, PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, pt. 6131.0140
Statutory Authority: MS s 93.461