Section 69-05.2-13-02 - Performance standards - General requirements - Annual map The permittee shall submit two copies of an annual map to the commission for all permit areas by each March fifteenth. The scale must be 1:4,800 or other scale approved by the commission. The information must be reported for each calendar year until all bond has been released. The map, or maps if necessary, must clearly show the following and include a legend specifying the number of acres [hectares] in each category:
1. Each permit area and section line. 2. Activities during the year for each permit, including: a. Acreage [hectarage] affected. b. Acreage [hectarage] where suitable plant growth material removal operations have been completed. c. Acreage [hectarage] where coal mining operations are completed and the contemporaneous reclamation requirement of subsection 14 of North Dakota Century Code section 38-14.1-24 has been initiated. d. Acreage [hectarage] where grade approval has been obtained. e. Acreage [hectarage] where suitable plant growth material redistribution operations have been completed. f. Acreage [hectarage] planted where the ten-year revegetation period has been initiated. g. Acreage [hectarage] where bond has been partially released and the stage of release. h. Acreage [hectarage] where bond has been totally released. 3. Location of suitable plant growth material stockpiles. Supporting information must include ownership, date seeded, type of material in each stockpile (topsoil or subsoil), and estimated cubic yards [meters] for each stockpile. 4. Cumulative information on the mining and reclamation activities that have occurred within each permit area which include: a. Affected acreage where topsoil must be replaced. The acreage specified on the map legend must be listed separately for each surface owner unless the surface owner has agreed to soil mixing as allowed by subsection 6 of section 69-05.2-15-04. The combined acreage for all surface owners who have agreed to soil mixing must be specified on the map legend. b. Affected acreage where subsoil must be replaced. The acreage specified on the map legend must be listed separately for each surface owner unless the surface owner has agreed to soil mixing as allowed by subsection 6 of section 69-05.2-15-04. The combined acreage for all surface owners who have agreed to soil mixing must be specified on the map legend. c. Acreage [hectarage] planted where the ten-year revegetation period has been initiated and the year of initiation. d. Acreage [hectarage] where bond has been partially released and the stage of release. e. A tabular listing of acreage [hectarage] where bond has been totally released. N.D. Admin Code 69-05.2-13-02
Effective August 1, 1980; amended effective June 1, 1983; May 1,1990; June 1, 1994; June 1, 1997; May 1, 1999.General Authority: NDCC 38-14.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 38-14.1-27