Title 27 — Mining
13 chapters · 140 sections in this title.
AS 27.20.005 Purposes.
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This chapter is intended to provide uniform safety standards for all mining operations conducted within the state; to afford maximum freedom of operation to mining operators while assuring proper working conditions for their employees in regard to mining operations; to insure the…
AS 27.20.010 Regulations.
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(a) The commissioner may adopt the regulations and issue the orders considered necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and the regulations shall have the force and effect of law. Regulations and orders authorized by this chapter shall be consistent with its purposes …
AS 27.20.015 [Repealed, § 3 ch 75 SLA 1963.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 27.20.020 [Repealed, § 3 ch 75 SLA 1963.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 27.20.021 Inspection of mining operations.
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The department may enter, inspect, and examine any mining operations in the state and inspect and examine the workings and the machinery belonging to it at all reasonable times, either day or night, but not so as to impede or obstruct the workings of the mining operation more tha…
AS 27.20.025 [Repealed, § 3 ch 75 SLA 1963.]
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AS 27.20.030 [Repealed, § 3 ch 75 SLA 1963.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 27.20.031 Correcting unsafe conditions.
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If, upon examination, a mine or a portion of it is found to be in an unsafe condition as defined by regulations adopted under this chapter or if proper first aid or mine rescue measures have not been adopted, the department shall at once serve notice in writing upon the owner, le…
AS 27.20.035 [Repealed, § 3 ch 75 SLA 1963.]
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AS 27.20.040 [Repealed, § 3 ch 75 SLA 1963.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 27.20.041 Reports to be confidential.
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The department shall keep confidential, upon the request of the person supplying the information, all reports and information required to be filed by regulations adopted under this chapter and all information deducible from filed information. Except by order of a court of compete…
AS 27.20.045 [Repealed, § 3 ch 75 SLA 1963.]
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AS 27.20.050 [Repealed, § 3 ch 75 SLA 1963.]
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AS 27.20.051 Penalties.
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A person who fails to comply with this chapter or with a regulation or order adopted under it, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both.
AS 27.20.055 [Repealed, § 3 ch 75 SLA 1963.]
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AS 27.20.060 [Repealed, § 3 ch 75 SLA 1963.]
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AS 27.20.061 Definitions.
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In this chapter, (1) “department” means the Department of Natural Resources; (2) “mining operation” includes all parts of a mine or mineral exploration project in the state and any mining or treatment plant or equipment connected with it, underground or on the surface, that contr…
AS 27.20.065 Secs. 27.20.065 — 27.20.480. [Repealed, § 3 ch 75 SLA 1963.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]