(1) Every operator shall make a map of the surface of the property and a map of the underground workings. Such map shall be updated and submitted annually to the division.
(2) Each map shall be retained by the division in its permanent records. Such records shall be available for inspection, on request, by the public. Maps filed with the division prior to July 1, 1980, shall be made available to the public if the property is abandoned, and such maps shall be made available to the public with permission of the operator if the map depicts a mine which is still in production.
(3) Whenever surface features of a mine property can be shown upon such map without obscuring its details or impairing its usefulness, a separate map need not be made.
(4) Each map shall be made on a scale of not less than one hundred feet nor more than five hundred feet to the inch unless a different scale is approved by the office of active and inactive mines, and such map shall bear the name or number of the mine, its location as to county, township, and section, the name of the company or operator, the north point, the scale to which the map is drawn and an explanatory legend, and the certificate of the engineer or surveyor as to the accuracy of the map.
(5) The underground map shall be made on the same scale as the surface map unless a different scale is approved by the office of active and inactive mines and shall show the mine openings or excavations; the shafts, slopes, and drifts of the mine, the connections with other mines or workings, or any other seams in the same mine; the entries, rooms, pillars, and abandoned workings of the mine; and the barrier pillars between adjoining properties. Each map shall show the elevation of the mine haulageways and cross entries every five hundred feet.
Source: L. 88: Entire article R&RE, p. 1195, � 5, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 1935, � 27, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former �� 34-30-102 through 34-30-106 as they existed prior to 1988.
34-24-103. Explosives and diesel permits - fees - active and inactive mines operation - fund. (1) To protect the public health and safety from the improper storage, transportation, and use of explosives at mine sites, the office of active and inactive mines is authorized to enter into agreements with the United States bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives and other authorized federal agencies, consistent with their statutory authorities, to provide explosives inspection and other explosives assistance to such federal agencies regarding mine site explosives storage, transportation, and use.
(2) and (3) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2003, p. 2490, � 2, effective June 5, 2003.)
(4) No diesel-powered machinery or equipment shall be used in any underground mine until it has been approved by the United States mine safety and health administration and approved or permitted by the office of active and inactive mines. The office of active and inactive mines has the authority to conduct any investigations which may be necessary to grant or renew such permits.
(5) (a) The fee for the issuance of each diesel permit relating to mining operations shall be a fee specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection (5). Moneys received from such fees shall be credited to the office of active and inactive mines operation fund, which fund is hereby created. All moneys credited to said fund, and all interest earned on such moneys, are subject to appropriation by the general assembly for paying the expenses of the office of active and inactive mines, and said moneys shall remain in such fund for such purposes and shall not revert to the general fund.
(b) The fee specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (5) shall be in accordance with the following table:
Employees Permit Fee
1-5 $10.00
6-25 $30.00
26-50 $50.00
51-75 $70.00
76 or more $90.00
(5.5) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2003, p. 2490, � 2, effective June 5, 2003.)
(6) If, following a hearing held in accordance with the provisions of article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., the head of the office of active and inactive mines finds that the applicant for a permit under this section or the holder of a permit issued under this section has committed any violation of this article relating to the use of diesel equipment in mining operations, the head of the office of active and inactive mines may refuse to issue, revoke, or suspend such permit.
(7) A permit issued pursuant to this section may be withheld or suspended if the permittee fails to pay any permit fees.
Source: L. 88: Entire article R&RE, p. 1195, � 5, effective July 1. L. 92: (1), (4), (5)(a), and (6) amended, p. 1936, � 28, effective July 1. L. 2000: (1) and (5)(a) amended and (5.5) added, p. 166, � 7, effective March 17. L. 2003: (1), (2), (3), (5.5), and (6) amended, p. 2490, � 2, effective June 5.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former �� 34-27-101 and 34-47-131 as they existed prior to 1988.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2003 act amending subsections (1), (2), (3), (5.5), and (6), see section 1 of chapter 377, Session Laws of Colorado 2003.