Upon discovery of valuable minerals in commercial quantities, the permittee shall immediately notify the Division in writing (giving sufficient detail to enable the Division or an impartial consultant to evaluate the discovery). Thereafter, for a period of sixty days, the Division will suspend action on the mining lease applications for lands or mineral rights within four miles of the discovery site. Mining lease applications by the permittee for state-owned land and mineral rights within the suspension zone will be given first priority if properly filed within the sixty days suspension period.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 273

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 273.780 - 273.790

History

LB 44, f. & ef. 8-16-77