(a) The director shall submit to the secretary a state reclamation plan and annual projects to carry out the purposes of this article.
(b) That reclamation plan shall generally identify the areas to be reclaimed, the purposes for which the reclamation is proposed, the relationship of the lands to be reclaimed and the proposed reclamation to surrounding areas, the specific criteria for ranking and identifying projects to be funded and the legal authority and programmatic capability to perform the work in conformance with the provisions of this article.
(c) On an annual basis, the director shall submit to the secretary an application for the support of the state program and implementation of specific reclamation projects. The annual requests shall include information as may be requested by the secretary including:
(1) A general description of each proposed project;