43 C.F.R. § 3809.424 What are my obligations if I stop conducting operations?
Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior
(a) To see what you must do if you stop conducting operations, follow this table: (b) Your reclamation and closure obligations continue until satisfied.
Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 3800—MINING CLAIMS UNDER THE GENERAL MINING LAWS
Subpart 3809—Surface Management
Operations Conducted Under Plans of Operations
§ 3809.424 What are my obligations if I stop conducting operations?
------------------------------------------------------------------------ If_ Then_------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) You stop conducting operations (1) You must follow your approved for any period of time. interim management plan submitted under § 3809.401(b)(5); (ii) You must submit a modification to your interim management plan to BLM within 30 calendar days if it does not cover the circumstances of your temporary closure per § 3809.431(a); (iii) You must take all necessary actions to assure that unnecessary or undue degradation does not occur; and (iv) You must maintain an adequate financial guarantee.------------------------------------------------------------------------(2) The period of non-operation is The BLM will require you to take likely to cause unnecessary or all necessary actions to assure undue degradation. that unnecessary or undue degradation does not occur, including requiring you, after an extended period of non-operation for other than seasonal operations, to remove all structures, equipment, and other facilities and reclaim the project area.------------------------------------------------------------------------(3) Your operations are inactive BLM will review your operations and for 5 consecutive years. determine whether BLM should terminate your plan of operations and direct final reclamation and closure.------------------------------------------------------------------------(4) BLM determines that you BLM may initiate forfeiture under abandoned your operations. § 3809.595. If the amount of the financial guarantee is inadequate to cover the costs of reclamation, BLM may complete the reclamation, and the operator and all other responsible persons are liable for the costs of such reclamation. See § 3809.336(a) for indicators of abandonment.------------------------------------------------------------------------
