(a) An operator shall file with the director a periodic report for each site under registration. The report shall make reference to the most recent registration of the mine site and shall show:

(1) The location and extent of all surface land area on the mine site affected by mining during the period covered by the report.

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 49-612

  • Affected land: means the area of land from which overburden has been removed or upon which overburden has been deposited, or both, but shall not include crushing areas, stockpile areas or roads. See Kansas Statutes 49-603
  • Director: means the executive director of the division or a designee. See Kansas Statutes 49-603
  • Mine: means any underground or surface mine developed and operated for the purpose of extracting rocks, minerals and industrial materials, other than coal, oil and gas. See Kansas Statutes 49-603
  • Operator: means any person who engages in surface mining or operation of an underground mine or mines. See Kansas Statutes 49-603
  • Surface mining: means the mining of material, except for coal, oil and gas, for sale or for processing or for consumption in the regular operation of a business by removing the overburden lying above natural deposits and mining directly from the natural deposits exposed, or by mining directly from deposits lying exposed in their natural state, or the surface effects of underground mining. See Kansas Statutes 49-603

(2) The extent to which removal of mineral products from all or any part of the affected land has been completed.

(b) A report shall also be filed within 90 days after completion of all surface mining operations at the site regardless of the date of the last preceding report. Forms for the filing of periodic reports required by this section shall be provided by the director.

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