1. 1. If a mining operation or exploration project is conducted, in whole or in part, on land administered by a federal agency, a federal plan of operations and a surety approved by the federal agency that are consistent with the requirements of this chapter supersede, if wholly conducted on land administered by the federal agency, or substitute, if partly conducted on land administered by the federal agency, the requirements for a permit and bond or other surety otherwise required by this chapter if the applicant:

   1. (a) Submits to the Division the federal plan of operations determined by the federal agency to be administratively complete and an estimate of the costs of reclamation of the mining operation or exploration project, and any modifications thereto; and
   2. (b) Remedies any inconsistencies between the federal plan of operations and the requirements of this chapter and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto that are identified by the Division.
2. 2. Nothing in this section affects the requirement to obtain a permit set forth in NRS 519A.180 or 519A.200 or the required payment of fees set forth in NRS 519A.160 or 519A.260.

(Added to NRS by 1989, 1286; A 1991, 201; 2025, 1325)