Kansas Statutes 49-616. Same; single bond for multiple sites
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 49-616
- Director: means the executive director of the division or a designee. 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
Any operator who registers with the director two or more surface mining sites may elect, at the time the second or any subsequent site is registered, to post a single bond in lieu of separate bonds on each site. The amount of a single bond on two or more surface mining sites may be increased or decreased from time to time in accordance with Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 49-609, 49-613 and 49-615. When an operator elects to post a single bond in lieu of separate bonds previously posted on individual sites, the separate bonds shall not be released until the new bond has been accepted by the director.