1. The commission will develop a data base and inventory system to evaluate if reclamation is feasible in areas covered by petitions.

2. The commission will include in the system information relevant to the criteria in North Dakota Century Code section 38-14.1-05 from appropriate state and federal agencies.

3. The commission will add to the data base and inventory system information: a. On potential coal resources of the state, demand for those resources, the environment, the economy, and the supply of coal, sufficient to enable the commission to prepare the statements required by subsection 3 of North Dakota Century Code section 38-14.1-05; and b. That becomes available from petitions, publications, experiments, permit applications, mining and reclamation operations, and other sources.

History: Effective August 1, 1980; amended effective May 1, 1990; July 1, 1995.

General Authority: NDCC 38-14.1-03

Law Implemented: NDCC 38-14.1-04