27—40.64(207) Permanent program performance standards—underground mining activities.

1. 40.64(1)  Reserved.
2. 40.64(2)  Delete 30 CFR 817.10 and 817.107.

3. 40.64(3)  Delete 30 CFR 817.61(c)(1) and insert the following:

   (c) Blasters (1) All blasting operations shall be conducted under the direction of a blaster certified by the division.

4. 40.64(4)  The following is incorporated by reference: “Revegetation Success Standards and Statistically Valid Sampling Techniques,” dated April 1999, as approved on December 27, 2001, and as amended December 27, 2004.

5. 40.64(5)  Add to 30 CFR 817.131 a paragraph (c) that shall read as follows:

   (c) The period of temporary cessation shall be a period of two years after which cessation will become permanent cessation and subject to the conditions of 30 CFR 817.132. The applicant may request one 12-month extension of the two-year time period. Approval of the extension request shall be at the discretion of the division administrator.

6. 40.64(6)  Reserved.
7. 40.64(7)  Reserved.
8. 40.64(8)  Reserved.

The following is incorporated by reference: 30 CFR Part 817, as in effect on July 1, 2010, except as modified by subrules 40.1(3), 40.1(4), and 40.1(5) and with the following exceptions:

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