The board may promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to:

1. (1) Establish the procedure for filing and departmental review of mining permit applications;
2. (2) Establish the procedure for amending mining permits;
3. (3) Establish the procedure for transfer of permits;
4. (4) Provide for the reclamation of mills proposed to be operated in conjunction with a mining operation;
5. (5) Establish the prehearing procedure for determining the type of reclamation to be performed on affected land;
6. (6) Establish the minimum requirements for each type of reclamation;
7. (7) Establish the reclamation activities required to be performed concurrent with mining activity;
8. (8) Establish the procedure to address reclamation before or during a temporary cessation of mining activity, pursuant to subdivision 45-6B-3(6);
9. (9) Establish the procedure for determining special, exceptional, critical, or unique land, in accordance with § 45-6B-33;
10. (10) Establish the requirements for construction, operation, monitoring, and closure of uranium and other mineral mines using in situ leach processes; and
11. (11) Establish the procedure for posting and monitoring financial assurance.

Source: SL 1987, ch 322 ; SL 1989, ch 381 , § 4; SL 2006, ch 224 , § 3; SL 2024, ch 181 , § 5.