Michigan Laws 324.63542 – Inspection and reclamation fee; amount; rule; quarterly reports; contents; notice of fee due; payment and disposition of fees
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(1) For the purposes of inspections and monitoring, and the administration and enforcement of this part, an operator is assessed an inspection and reclamation fee of not more than 25 cents per ton of coal mined, as determined by the department. The department shall establish, by rule, criteria for determining the amount of the inspection and reclamation fee. In making the determination of the amount of the inspection and reclamation fee, the department shall take into account funds made available to the department pursuant to the surface mining control and reclamation act of 1977, and funds from any other source for the purposes specified in this subsection. The total inspection and reclamation fees assessed annually shall not exceed the total amount appropriated to the department for the purposes specified in this subsection.
(2) An operator shall file quarterly reports with the department on a calendar year basis. The report shall include all of the following:
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.63542
- Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- Rule: means a rule promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(a) The location of the mining operation and the areas mined during the quarter.
(b) A description of the progress of restoration and reclamation activities of the operator for the preceding quarter.
(c) The number of tons of coal mined during the quarter.
(3) Based on the information reported pursuant to subsection (2)(c), the department shall send the operator written notice of the amount of the fee due for the quarter. The operator shall pay the fee to the department within 30 days after receipt of the notice.
(4) The department shall deposit the inspection and reclamation fee in the state abandoned mine reclamation fund created by section 63510.