Section 43-02-01-18.1 - Notice of environmental data gathering activities1. So that the state geologist can decide if a permit is required, notice of all planned environmental data gathering activities, except for those specified in subsections 2 and 3, must be provided to the state geologist before beginning any such activities. The notice must include: a. The name, address, and telephone number of the person seeking to conduct environmental data gathering activities. b. The name, address, and telephone number of the person's representative who will be present at and will supervise the activities. c. A narrative describing the activities or a map at a scale of one to twenty-four thousand, or greater, showing the proposed area of activities and the general location of drill holes and trenches, existing and proposed roads, occupied dwellings, topographic features, bodies of surface water, and pipelines. d. A statement of the period of the planned activities. e. A description of all the environmental data gathering activities and the practices that will be followed to protect the environment and to reclaim the area from adverse impacts of the activities as required by this chapter 2. The notice required by this section is not required for the following activities: fish and wildlife surveys, premine land use determinations, vegetation surveys, collection of climatological data, topographical surveys, and walk-through cultural resource surveys. 3. Notice is not required for environmental data gathering activities on lands designated as unsuitable for mining under North Dakota Century Code section 38-14.1-05. However, an exploration perm it from the state geologist is required for those activities on such lands. N.D. Admin Code 43-02-01-18.1
Effective March 1, 1991; amended effective May 1, 1992.General Authority: NDCC 38-12.1-05
Law Implemented: NDCC 38-12.1-05