Before a mining operation permit application or a permit amendment application for an existing reclamation plan is submitted, the operator, the department, and the landowner or the landowner's designated representative must confer on and determine the postmining land use of the affected lands.

Source: 14 SDR 111, effective March 3, 1988.

General Authority: SDCL 45-6B-81.

Law Implemented: SDCL 45-6B-44 , 45-6B-45.