Michigan Laws 324.63707 – Fifteen-year mining plan; submission of duplicate copy of cell-unit mining and reclamation plan
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(1) The 15-year mining plan shall include the following:
(a) The location and acreage of sand dune areas presently being mined and the amount of sand being mined.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.63707
- Cell-unit: means a subunit of the total sand dune mining project as determined in size and location by the operator. See Michigan Laws 324.63701
- 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
- Sand dune area: means that area designated by the department that includes those geomorphic features composed primarily of sand, whether windblown or of other origin and that lies within 2 miles of the ordinary high-water mark on a Great Lake as defined in section 32502, and includes critical dune areas as defined in part 353. See Michigan Laws 324.63701
(b) The location and acreage of sand dune areas not presently being mined but planned for that purpose and the amount of sand planned to be mined.
(c) A schedule indicating when the mining activity will begin in each sand dune area and the probable termination date of mining activities in each area.
(d) Additional information requested by the department.
(2) A duplicate copy of the cell-unit mining and reclamation plan shall be submitted to the soil conservation district in the county where the mining activity is proposed to occur. The soil conservation district shall have 30 days after receipt of the plan to review the proposal and submit written comments to the department.