43 C.F.R. § 3809.300 Does this subpart apply to my existing notice-level operations?
Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior
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Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 3800—MINING CLAIMS UNDER THE GENERAL MINING LAWS
Subpart 3809—Surface Management
Operations Conducted Under Notices
§ 3809.300 Does this subpart apply to my existing notice-level operations?
------------------------------------------------------------------------ If BLM has received your complete notice before January 20, 2001_ Then_------------------------------------------------------------------------(a) You are the operator identified You may conduct operations for 2 in the notice on file with BLM on years after January 20, 2001 under January 20, 2001. the terms of your existing notice and the regulations in effect immediately before that date. (See 43 CFR parts 1000-end, revised as of Oct. 1, 1999.) After 2 years, you may extend your notice under § 3809.333. BLM may require a modification under § 3809.331(a)(1). See § 3809.503 for financial guarantee requirements applicable to notices.------------------------------------------------------------------------(b) You are a new operator, that The provisions of this subpart, is, you were not the operator including § 3809.320, govern identified in the notice on file your operations for 2 years after with BLM on January 20, 2001. January 20, 2001, unless you extend your notice under § 3809.333.------------------------------------------------------------------------(c) You later modify your notice... (1) You may conduct operations on the original acreage for 2 years after January 20, 2001 under the terms of your existing notice and the regulations in effect immediately before that date (See 43 CFR parts 1000-end, revised as of Oct. 1, 2000.) After 2 years, you may extend your notice under § 3809.333. BLM may require a modification under § 3809.331(a)(1). See § 3809.503(b) for financial guarantee requirements applicable to notices. (2) Your operations on any additional acreage come under the provisions of this subpart, including §§ 3809.11 and 3809.21, and may require approval of a plan of operations before the additional surface disturbance may.------------------------------------------------------------------------(d) Your notice has expired........ You may not conduct operations under an expired notice. You must promptly submit either a new notice under § 3809.301 or a plan of operations under § 3809.401, whichever is applicable, or immediately begin to reclaim your project area. See §§ 3809.11 and 3809.21.------------------------------------------------------------------------
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