Criteria which shall be considered to determine the amount of surety necessary to guarantee the costs of reclamation of affected public and private lands and facilities include:

(1) Potential damages to unique and natural historical sites, springs, natural or man-made water storage and transport facilities, domestic and public water wells and water supply, waste water transport, storage and treatment facilities, or crops;

(2) Topography;

(3) Climatic, soil, and vegetative conditions;

(4) Estimated costs per test hole site to reclaim disturbed surface areas; and

(5) Estimated cost per test hole site to plug each test hole.

Source: SL 1982, ch 306, § 20; SL 2011, ch 165, § 211.