- (1) Each operator shall file copies of an annual report with the department within a time period specified in 82-4-237, MCA, until such time as full bond is released.
(2) The annual report must include:
- (a) the name and address of the operator and the permit number;
- (b) the exact number of acres of land affected by the operation during the preceding year and cumulatively;
- (c) the extent of backfilling and grading performed during the preceding year and cumulatively;
(d) the extent of vegetative reclamation (seeding or planting) performed during the preceding year (in narrative and map form) , including:
- (i) the type of planting or seeding;
- (ii) the mixtures and amounts seeded;
- (iii) the species, location, and method of planting for site or species specific plantings;
- (iv) the date of seeding or planting;
- (v) the area of land planted;
- (vi) cumulative areas reseeded to date; and
- (vii) cumulative acres of each phase of bond released to date;
- (e) vegetation monitoring data and analysis pursuant to ARM 17.24.723;
- (f) replaced soil depths and a map of all sites sampled;
- (g) an inspection map depicting all approved surface features, as required by the department, in or associated with the permit area, reproduced at a scale applicable for field use;
- (h) a summary of actions taken to comply with state weed control laws;
- (i) an updated cultural resource management table, including a list of sites mitigated and disturbed in the preceding year and sites to be mitigated and disturbed in the coming year; and
- (j) any other relevant information required by the department.
- (3) Maps containing information listed in ARM 17.24.305(1) must be certified in accordance with ARM 17.24.305.
Authorizing statute(s): 82-4-205, MCA
Implementing statute(s): 82-4-237, MCA
History: NEW, 1980 MAR p. 725, Eff. 4/1/80; AMD, 1989 MAR p. 30, Eff. 1/13/89; AMD, 1990 MAR p. 936, Eff. 5/18/90; TRANS, from DSL, 1996 MAR p. 3042; AMD, 2004 MAR p. 2548, Eff. 10/22/04; AMD, 2024 MAR p. 260, Eff. 2/10/24.