Any operator of a large-scale gold or silver surface mining operation shall submit an annual report by January first of each year including an oral presentation to the Board of Minerals and Environment explaining the information in the written annual report. The annual report shall include the following information:

(1) The total and previous year’s amount of affected land;

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 45-6B-93

  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

(2) The total and previous year’s amount of surface mining disturbed land;

(3) The total and previous year’s amount of land that has undergone interim reclamation;

(4) The total and previous year’s amount of land that has undergone final reclamation and which meets the required post-mining land use;

(5) The total and previous year’s amount of land that has undergone final reclamation but which does not meet the required post-mining land use;

(6) The total amount of groundwater withdrawn during the previous year;

(7) The total amount of surface water withdrawn during the previous year;

(8) The total amount of ore mined during the previous year;

(9) The total amount of ore processed during the previous year;

(10) The total amount of waste rock mined during the previous year;

(11) The total amount of gold and silver produced during the previous year;

(12) The total amount of cyanide used during the previous year; and

(13) A brief discussion of the coming year’s operational plans including any anticipated revisions that might require department or board approval.

Source: SL 1992, ch 254, § 5; SL 2013, ch 166, § 103.

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