A miner who fails to file an annual reclamation statement in accordance with 11 AAC 97.510 may not continue or resume that mining operation without an approved reclamation plan and a bond. The miner may restore the exemption by fully complying with 11 AAC 97.510(a) and (c). Until the miner supplies the documentation required by those subsections, a rebuttable presumption is established that the miner has failed to reclaim the mining operation to the standards of AS 27.19 and this chapter.

(Eff. 7/30/92, Register 123)