§ 74-57 – Departmental modification of permit or reclamation plan.
74-57. Departmental modification of permit or reclamation plan. If at any time it appears to the Department from its inspection of the affected land that the activities under the reclamation plan and other terms and conditions of the permit are failing to achieve the purposes and requirements of this Article, it shall give the operator […]
§ 74-58 – Suspension or revocation of permit.
74-58. Suspension or revocation of permit. (a) Whenever the Department shall have reason to believe that a violation of (i) this Article, (ii) any rules adopted under this Article, or (iii) the terms and conditions of a permit, including the approved reclamation plan, has taken place, it shall serve written notice of the apparent violation […]
§ 74-50 – Permits General.
74-50. Permits – General. (a) No operator shall engage in mining without having first obtained from the Department an operating permit that covers the affected land and that has not been terminated, revoked, suspended for the period in question, or otherwise become invalid. An operating permit may be modified from time to time to include […]
§ 74-51 – Permits Application, granting, conditions.
74-51. Permits – Application, granting, conditions. (a) Any operator desiring to engage in mining shall make written application to the Department for a permit. The application shall be upon a form furnished by the Department and shall fully state the information called for; in addition, the applicant may be required to furnish any other information […]
§ 74-52 – Permit modifications.
74-52. Permit modifications. (a) Any operator engaged in mining under an operating permit may apply at any time for modification of the permit. The application shall be in writing upon forms furnished by the Department and shall fully state the information called for. The applicant must provide the Department with any additional information necessary to […]
§ 74-53 – Reclamation plan.
74-53. Reclamation plan. The operator shall submit with his application for an operating permit a proposed reclamation plan. Said plan shall include as a minimum, each of the elements specified in the definition of "reclamation plan" in G.S. 74-49, plus such other information as may be reasonably required by the Department. The reclamation plan shall […]
§ 74-54 – Bonds.
74-54. Bonds. (a) Each applicant for an operating permit, or for the modification of an existing permit shall, following the approval of the application, file and maintain in force a bond in favor of the State of North Carolina, executed by a surety approved by the Commissioner of Insurance, in the amount set forth below. […]
§ 74-54.1 – Permit fees.
74-54.1. Permit fees. (a) The fee schedule for the processing of permit applications, transfers, and modifications is as follows: 0-25 acres 26+ acres New Permit Applications $3,750.00 $5,000.00 Permit Modifications $750.00 $1,000.00 Permit Transfers $100.00 $100.00 (a1) In addition to the fees set forth in subsection (a) of this section, permittees shall pay an annual […]
§ 74-55 – Reclamation report.
74-55. Reclamation report. (a) By September 1 of each year, the operator shall file a report of activities completed during the preceding year on a form prescribed by the Department, which includes all of the following: (1) Identify the mine, the operator and the permit number. (2) State acreage disturbed by mining in the last […]
§ 74-46 – Title.
74-46. Title. This Article may be known and cited as "The Mining Act of 1971." (1971, c. 545, s. 1.)