The Strip and Underground Mine Siting Act categories are as follows:
- (1) Costs associated with the siting of facilities include but are not limited to: land acquisition; construction and other disturbance activities; blasting; equipment; all facilities, railroad loops and spurs; road construction and renovation; power and transmission lines; resource data inventories covering the proposed mining acreage for the life of the operation; erection of equipment; professional services and evaluations; application information and preparation; permit fee; bonding; waste disposal areas; treatment ponds; water and pollution control measures and all other cost categories related to facility siting projects.
- (2) Costs associated with dismantling and removal of facilities and reclamation of all disturbances shall be identified and itemized. The categories include but are not limited to: facility removal activities; necessary equipment; topsoil salvage storage, haulage, and redistribution; problem material burial; waste disposal areas; backfilling; regrading; water and pollution control measures; revegetation activities; testing and monitoring for bond release; and all other facility and associated disturbance reclamation activities.
- (3) Contingency costs associated with the project, include but are not limited to: salaries; wages; fringe benefits; insurance; rents; premiums; retainers; and all other costs associated with the project.
Authorizing statute(s): 75-1-202, MCA
Implementing statute(s): 75-1-202, MCA
History: NEW, Eff. 4/15/76; TRANS, from DSL, 1996 MAR p. 1497.