295.62295.62Mining waste site construction and completion reports.
295.62(1)(1)An operator shall construct a mining waste site substantially in accordance with the approved mining waste site feasibility study and plan of operation.
295.62(2)(2)The operator shall inspect the mining waste site before it is used and ensure that all associated structures are in substantial compliance with the mining waste site feasibility study and plan of operation. The operator shall have a professional engineer, registered as such under ch. 443, document mining waste site construction and render an opinion as to whether the mining waste site has been constructed in substantial conformance with the mining waste site feasibility study and plan of operation. The engineer may use aerial or ground photographs to document the inspection, but photographs do not in themselves constitute compliance with this subsection. The operator shall maintain a complete file describing the items inspected and their condition.
295.62(3)(3)An operator shall notify the department in writing when the mining waste site has been constructed in substantial compliance with the mining waste site feasibility study and plan of operation.
295.62(4)(4)
295.62(4)(a)(a) Within 5 business days of receipt of written notice from an operator that the mining waste site has been constructed in substantial compliance with the mining waste site feasibility study and plan of operation, the department shall either review and inspect the mining waste site to ensure that it was constructed according to the approved mining waste site feasibility study and plan of operation or notify the operator that the department will not conduct a review and inspection before disposal of mining waste in the mining waste site. Within 3 business days of any review and inspection, the department shall notify the operator that the mining waste site may be used for the disposal of mining waste or identify all steps that must be completed to bring the mining waste site into substantial compliance with the mining waste site feasibility study and plan of operation. After the operator completes the steps, the operator shall notify the department that the steps have been completed.
295.62(4)(b)(b) An operator may dispose of mining waste in a mining waste site after one of the following occurs:
295.62(4)(b)1.1. The operator receives notice from the department under par. (a) that the department will not conduct a review and inspection before disposal of mining waste in the mining waste site.
295.62(4)(b)2.2. The operator receives notice from the department under par. (a) that the mining waste site may be used for the disposal of mining waste.
295.62(4)(b)3.3. The operator provides notice to the department under par. (a) that any steps required by the department to be completed under par. (a) have been completed.
295.62 HistoryHistory: 2013 a. 1.
295.63295.63Modifications; reporting.
295.63(1)(1)
295.63(1)(a)(a) An operator at any time may request a change to a mining permit, the mining plan, the reclamation plan, or the mining waste site feasibility study and plan of operation for any mining site that the operator owns or leases, or request cancellation of the mining permit for any or all of the unmined part of a mining site. The operator shall submit an application for the change or cancellation in the form of a letter giving notice to the department of the proposed change or cancellation and shall identify in the letter the tract of land to be affected by a change in the mining plan, reclamation plan, or mining waste site feasibility study and plan of operation or to be removed from the permitted mining site.
295.63(1)(b)(b) The department shall grant a request under par. (a) unless it determines that the requested change makes it impossible for the permit holder to substantially comply with the approved mining plan, reclamation plan, or mining waste site feasibility study and plan of operation. If the department determines that the requested change would make substantial compliance impossible, it shall follow the procedure in sub. (3).
295.63(1)(c)(c) If the request under par. (a) is to cancel any or all of the unmined part of a mining site, the department shall ascertain, by inspection, if mining has occurred on the land. If the department finds that no mining has occurred, the department shall order release of the bond or other security posted for the land being removed from the permitted mining site and cancel or amend the operator’s written authorization to conduct mining on the mining site. The department may not approve the removal of land where mining has occurred from a permitted mining site, or release that land from the bond or other security under this subsection, unless the operator has completed reclamation to the satisfaction of the department.
295.63(2)(2)The operator shall furnish the department with a report for each mining site within 30 days after the end of every 12-month period after issuance of the mining permit, within 30 days after completion of all mining at the mining site, and within 30 days after completion of the mining plan and of the reclamation plan, describing any reclamation work accomplished, or experimental reclamation work performed, during the preceding year. The operator shall include in the reports an annual plan map, color-coded and with a legend, showing all of the following, as of December 31 of the previous year, or as near to December 31 of the previous year as mining operations permit:
295.63(2)(a)(a) Location and boundary of the mining area.
295.63(2)(b)(b) Any mine mill.
295.63(2)(c)(c) Any open pit.
295.63(2)(d)(d) Stockpiles of overburden.
295.63(2)(e)(e) Stockpiles of waste rock.
295.63(2)(f)(f) Ferrous ore stockpiles.
295.63(2)(g)(g) Streams, lakes, and reservoirs.
295.63(2)(h)(h) Tailings basins.
295.63(2)(i)(i) Roads.
295.63(2)(j)(j) Sequential numbers or letters or other method, as approved by the department, permanently assigned to portions of the mining site that have been abandoned before abandonment of the entire mining operation.
295.63(2)(k)(k) Changes in the surface area disturbed by mining during the preceding year, indicated by vertical crosshatching or other method approved by the department.
295.63(2)(L)(L) Anticipated changes in the surface area disturbed by mining during the current year, indicated by horizontal crosshatching or other method approved by the department.