Title 45 — MINING, OIL AND GAS
16 chapters · 387 sections in this title.
SDCL § 45-6B-92 Description of critical resources affected by reclamation plan
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The applicant shall, as part of the reclamation plan, include a description of all critical resources potentially affected by the mining operation and plans for mitigating potential impacts to such critical resources. Critical resources shall be addressed by the applicant during …
SDCL § 45-6B-93 Annual report on large-scale gold or silver surface mining operation--Information to be included
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Any operator of a large-scale gold or silver surface mining operation shall submit an annual report by January first of each year including an oral presentation to the Board of Minerals and Environment explaining the information in the written annual report. The annual report sha…
SDCL § 45-6B-94 Gold or silver surface mining--Legislative findings
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The Legislature of South Dakota finds that protection of the environment requires regulation of the total amount of land that can be disturbed by surface mining by large - scale gold or silver surface mining operations at any given time. Source: Initiated Measure No. 2, approved …
SDCL § 45-6B-95 Permits for new large - scale operations--Limitations
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The board may not issue a permit for a new large - scale gold or silver surface mining operation if the proposed surface mining disturbed lands under that permit shall exceed three hundred twenty acres. Nor may the board issue new permits or amendments to existing permits for new…
SDCL § 45-6B-96 Permits for presently operating large-scale gold or silver surface mines
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The board may not issue new permits to or amendments to existing permits for presently operating large-scale gold or silver surface mining operations for expanded acres of surface mining disturbed lands until reclamation has been performed in accord with § 45-6B-97 , except that …
SDCL § 45-6B-97 Reclamation--Qualifications for credit--Assignment
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New permits or amendments to existing permits for expanded acres of surface mining disturbed land for operations referred to in §§ 45-6B-95 and 45-6B-96 may be issued only if the applicant has performed reclamation on an equal number of acres of permitted affected land, or has ag…
SDCL § 45-6B-98 Submission of reclamation plan--Contents
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The operator of an existing permitted large - scale gold or silver surface mining operation shall submit for board approval, a plan for conducting reclamation activities on lands to be reclaimed for reclamation acreage credit if those lands are not otherwise covered by an existin…
SDCL § 45-6B-99 Exclusion of underground mining operations
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Presently operating or new underground mining operations are not subject to the provisions of §§ 45-6B-94 to 45-6B-99 , inclusive. Source: Initiated Measure No. 2, approved November 3, 1992, effective November 19, 1992; SL 2011, ch 165 , § 210. 45-6B-100 to 45-6B-103. Repealed by…