82-4-237. Operator to file annual reports. - Montana Statutes

     82-4-237. Operator to file annual reports. (1) An operator shall file an annual report with the department within 30 days of the anniversary date of each permit. In lieu of an annual report for each permit, the department may allow the operator to file an annual report for each operation on a date determined by the department. Included within an annual report shall be:
     (a) the name and address of the operator and permit number or numbers;
     (b) a report in such detail as the department shall require, supplemented with maps, cross sections, or other material indicating the extent to which mining operations have been carried out, the progress of all reclamation work, including the type of planting or seeding, mixture and amount of seed, date of planting or seeding, and area of land planted, the extent to which expectations and predictions made in the original application have been fulfilled and any deviation therefrom, and the number of acres affected; and
     (c) a revised schedule or timetable of operations and reclamation and an estimate of the number of acres to be affected during the next 1-year period.
     (2) Upon receipt of the annual report, the department may make further inquiry and request further information and, if it does so, shall allow a reasonable opportunity for the operator to respond.
     (3) When problem situations are revealed by review of new information or as a result of field inspections, the department may order such changes in the mining and reclamation plans as are necessary to insure compliance with this part.

     History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 325, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 221, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 441, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 352, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 50-1039(2) thru (4); amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 196, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 68, L. 1983.