Title 27 — Mining
13 chapters · 140 sections in this title.
AS 27.19.010 Administration; applicability.
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(a) The commissioner of natural resources shall implement this chapter. (b) This chapter applies to state, federal, municipal, and private land and water subject to mining operations. (c) Except as provided in AS 27.19.040(b), this chapter does not apply to an activity regulated …
AS 27.19.020 Reclamation standard.
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A mining operation shall be conducted in a manner that prevents unnecessary and undue degradation of land and water resources, and the mining operation shall be reclaimed as contemporaneously as practicable with the mining operation to leave the site in a stable condition.
AS 27.19.030 Reclamation plan.
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(a) Except as provided in AS 27.19.050, a miner may not engage in a mining operation until the commissioner has approved a reclamation plan for the mining operation. (b) In reviewing a reclamation plan for state, federal, or municipal land under (a) of this section, the commissio…
AS 27.19.040 Reclamation financial assurance.
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(a) The commissioner shall require an individual financial assurance in an amount not to exceed an amount reasonably necessary to ensure the faithful performance of the requirements of the approved reclamation plan. The commissioner shall establish the amount of the financial ass…
AS 27.19.050 Exemption for small operations.
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(a) AS 27.19.030(a) and 27.19.040 do not apply to a mining operation (1) where less than five acres are mined at one location in any year and there is a cumulative unreclaimed mined area of less than five acres at one location; or (2) where less than five acres and less than 50,0…
AS 27.19.060 Cooperative management agreements.
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The commissioner, on a determination that an agreement is in the best interest of the state, may enter into a cooperative management agreement with the federal government or a state agency to implement a requirement of this chapter or a regulation adopted under it.
AS 27.19.070 Violations.
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(a) A miner who violates or permits a violation of an approved reclamation plan and fails to comply with a lawful order of the commissioner forfeits the financial assurance or a portion of the assurance and is liable to the state in a civil action for the full amount of reclamati…
AS 27.19.080 Administrative Procedure Act; regulations.
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(a) Except as provided in AS 44.37.011, AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) applies to this chapter. (b) The commissioner may adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
AS 27.19.100 Definitions.
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In this chapter, (1) “lode mine” means a mining operation that removes the minerals from consolidated rock rather than from a placer deposit; (2) “materials” means sand, gravel, riprap, rock, limestone, slate, peat, and other substances from the ground that are not locatable or l…