Sec. 27.21.998. Definitions.
In this chapter, (1) “alluvial valley floors” means the unconsolidated stream-laid deposits holding streams where water availability is sufficient for subirrigation or flood irrigation agricultural activities but does not include upland areas that are generally overlain by a thin veneer of colluvial deposits composed chiefly of debris from sheet erosion, deposits by unconcentrated runoff or […]
Sec. 27.21.999. Short title.
This chapter may be cited as the Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act.
Sec. 27.22.010. Discovery and production bonus.
(a) To stimulate prospecting for, discovery of, and production from new domestic mineral-bearing deposits, and in the interest of the general industrial development of the state, the commissioner shall, upon sufficient proof, pay a bonus of $10,000 to a person or persons, partnership, company, or corporation that discovers and produces ore in Alaska under the […]
Sec. 27.22.020. Amount of production.
The bonus will be paid, not for discovery alone, but only in connection with the delivery and sale to a bona fide purchaser of the first unit shipment of ore or concentrate with a gross market value of $100,000 or more substantiated by affidavit showing completion of sale and receipt of money, gross or net, […]
Sec. 27.22.030. Eligibility to claim bonus.
A person of legal age and a citizen of the United States or a partnership, company, or corporation of citizens legally authorized to operate in the state may claim the bonus offered in this chapter.
Sec. 27.21.340. Miscellaneous powers regarding abandoned mine lands.
(a) The commissioner may request the attorney general to initiate, in addition to any other remedies provided for in this chapter, an action in equity for an injunction to restrain any interference with the exercise of the right to enter or to conduct the work described in AS 27.21.270 – 27.21.340. (b) The state has […]
Sec. 27.21.900. Mining by government agencies.
A federal, state, or municipal government agency, including a publicly owned utility or corporation, that proposes to engage in a surface coal mining operation that is subject to this chapter must comply with this chapter.
Sec. 27.21.910. Exemptions.
The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the extraction of coal (1) by a landowner or lessee for the landowner’s or lessee’s own noncommercial use from land owned or leased by it; (2) for commercial purposes if the surface coal mining operation affects two acres or less; or (3) as an incidental part […]
Sec. 27.21.210. Performance standards.
The commissioner shall adopt regulations consistent with the environmental performance standards of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 and the regulations promulgated under that Act for both surface coal mining and reclamation operations and surface effects of underground mining with appropriate adjustments to the special physical, hydrological, biological, and climatic conditions in […]
Sec. 27.21.920. Experimental practices.
In order to encourage advances in mining and reclamation practices, and to allow post-mining land use for industrial, commercial, residential, recreational, or public purposes, the commissioner may, with the approval of the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, authorize departures in individual cases on an experimental basis from the environmental performance standards […]