(a) The commissioner of natural resources may make expenditures from the mine reclamation trust fund operating account for the following purposes:
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 37.14.820
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
(1) reclamation of mining operations for which a payment or deposit has been made into the fund;(2) maintenance of dams and other permanent features related to a mining operation;(3) monitoring of site stability and water quality related to a mining operation;(4) control and treatment of acid rock drainage and other leachate related to a mining operation;(5) protection and treatment of surface water and groundwater related to a mining operation;(6) long-term site management of a mining operation;(7) refunds to miners of the deposits to the fund upon satisfactory completion of reclamation tasks as determined by the Department of Natural Resources.(b) Subject to appropriation, the mine reclamation trust fund operating account may be used to pay the expenses incurred by the commissioner of revenue in managing the fund and administrative expenses incurred by the Department of Natural Resources in administering the fund and programs under Alaska Stat. Chapter 27.19 and Alaska Stat. Chapter 27.21.(c) The Department of Natural Resources may not spend money deposited in the fund for one mining operation at another mining operation.(d) In accordance with Alaska Stat. § 37.14.800(b), and except as provided in (b) of this section, earnings on the mine reclamation trust fund operating account are added to that account and are available for expenditure without further appropriation.
