Section 45-6B-58 - Small-scale operation--Permit application for new operation--Permit issuedto prior operator.
45-6B-58. Small-scale operation--Permit application for new operation--Permit issued to prior operator. After June 30, 1982, any operator proposing to engage in a new mining operation as provided in § 45-6B-53 shall file a permit application to engage in mining forty-five days prior to the start of the mining operation. Mining operations which were lawfully conducted prior to July 1, 1982, pursuant to § 45-6A-10, may continue to be so conducted if the operator files with the Board of Minerals and Environment a permit application. Unless the board finds that the operator has not complied with the terms of § 45-6A-10, as it existed prior to July 1, 1982, the board shall grant the operator a new permit for the life of the mine.
Source: SL 1982, ch 305, § 58.