Section 69-05.2-04-07 - Areas unsuitable for mining - Data base and inventory system for designating lands unsuitable1. The commission will develop a data base and inventory system to evaluate if reclamation is feasible in areas covered by petitions.2. The commission will include in the system information relevant to the criteria in North Dakota Century Code section 38-14.1-05 from appropriate state and federal agencies.3. The commission will add to the data base and inventory system information: a. On potential coal or commercial leonardite resources of the state, demand for those resources, the environment, the economy, and the supply of coal or commercial leonardite, sufficient to enable the commission to prepare the statements required by subsection 3 of North Dakota Century Code section 38-14.1-05; andb. That becomes available from petitions, publications, experiments, permit applications, mining and reclamation operations, and other sources.N.D. Admin Code 69-05.2-04-07
Effective August 1, 1980; amended effective May 1, 1990; July 1, 1995.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2016-362, October 2016, effective 10/1/2016.General Authority: NDCC 38-14.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 38-14.1-04