Public Awareness: Laws, Rules and Other
Rules By Jurisdiction
Rules implementing the Commission's jurisdiction over Surface Coal Management and Reclamation are contained in the North Dakota Administrative Code in:
- Article 69-01 - General Administration
- Article 69-02 - Practice and Procedure
- Article 69-05.2 - Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations
- 69-05.2-01 General Provisions
- 69-05.2-02 Restrictions on Financial Interests of Employees
- 69-05.2-03 Exemption for Coal Extraction Incident to Government-Financed Highway or Other Construction
- 69-05.2-04 Areas Unsuitable for Mining
- 69-05.2-05 Permit Applications - General Requirements
- 69-05.2-06 Permit Applications - Requirements for Legal, Financial, Compliance, and Related Information
- 69-05.2-07 Permit Applications - Extended Mining Plan-Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources
- 69-05.2-08 Permit Applications - Permit Area-Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources
- 69-05.2-09 Permit Applications - Permit Area-Requirements for Operation and Reclamation Plans
- 69-05.2-10 Permit Applications - Review, Public Participation, and Approval or Disapproval
- 69-05.2-11 Permit Reviews, Revisions, and Renewals - Transfer, Sale, or Assignment of Rights Granted under Permits
- 69-05.2-12 Performance Bonds - Liability Insurance
- 69-05.2-13 Peformance Standards - General Requirements
- 69-05.2-14 Performance Standards - Case and Sealing of Drilled Holes
- 69-05.2-15 Performance Standards - Suitable Plant Growth Material
- 69-05.2-16 Peformance Standards - Hydrologic Balance-General Requirements
- 69-05.2-17 Performance Standards - Use of Explosives
- 69-05.2-18 Performance Standards - Disposal of Excess Spoil
- 69-05.2-19 Performance Standards - Waste Materials
- 69-05.2-20 Performance Standards - Dams and Embankments Constructed of or Impounding Coal Processing Waste
- 69-05.2-21 Peformance Standards - Backfilling and Grading
- 69-05.2-22 Performance Standards - Revegetation
- 69-05.2-23 Performance Standards - Postmining Land Use
- 69-05.2-24 Performance Standards - Roads-Other Transportation Facilities-Support Facilities
- 69-05.2-25 Performance Standards - Operations in Alluvial Valley Floors
- 69-05.2-26 Performance Standards - Prime Farmland
- 69-05.2-27 Requirements for Research Plots and Permits for Experimental Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations
- 69-05.2-28 Inspection and Enforcement
- 69-05.2-29 Small Operator Assistance
- 69-05.2-30 Off-Permit Use of Other Minerals
- 69-05.2-31 Training, Examination, and Certification of Blasters
- 69-05.2-32 Improvidently Issued Permits