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United States — Minnesota
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This section defines stockpiled iron ore and lets the commissioner of natural resources include it in or designate it as a stockpile mining unit, then lease that unit under set limits.
United States — Minnesota
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The commissioner may lease the surface of unsold state lands for storing or handling ore and related material from other state lands under state mineral lease.
United States — Minnesota
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This section sets lease terms for mining leases involving state-held mineral interests, including proportional rentals/royalties, lease amendment if the state owns less than stated, and confinement of leases to mineral rights when the state owns only those rights.
United States — Minnesota
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Draining a meandered public lake for mineral mining is unlawful unless the Executive Council has first given consent.
United States — Minnesota
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The commissioner of natural resources may authorize disposal, leasing, or sale of certain state iron-bearing materials when the statutory conditions are met.
United States — Minnesota
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The commissioner of natural resources and, for tax-forfeited lands, the county auditor may issue permits, licenses, leases, and flooding licenses for specified mineral-mining uses.
United States — Minnesota
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The state declares a policy to reclaim certain lands affected by metallic mineral or peat mining when reclamation is necessary.
United States — Minnesota
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The commissioner of natural resources must establish and maintain the Iron Range Trail and related places of interest, and may also acquire easements and make agreements for trail-related use and development.
United States — Minnesota
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This provision defines terms used in sections 93.46 to 93.51, including mining area, mine waste, department, operator, person, commissioner, lean ore stockpile removal, scram mining, and land not previously affected by mining.
United States — Minnesota
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Peat mining is generally regulated like metallic minerals, but some small operations are exempt from a permit and certain operators must give written notice to the commissioner.
United States — Minnesota
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The commissioner must study mining-area regulation, consider specified impacts, may adopt related rules, and must enforce reporting and permit-related requirements.
United States — Minnesota
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The commissioner may grant a variance from the rules if a landowner or mine operator applies and the change is consistent with the general welfare.
United States — Minnesota
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Metallic mineral mining in the state generally requires a permit from the commissioner, and applicants must file specified materials and fees.
United States — Minnesota
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The commissioner must charge annual permit fees to permit holders and may not issue a permit to mine until all fees are paid.
United States — Minnesota
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Some affected property owners, governments, and the applicant may ask for a contested case hearing on a mine permit application, and the commissioner must decide and act within set deadlines.
United States — Minnesota
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The commissioner must require an operator to provide a bond, other security, or other financial assurance acceptable to the commissioner, and must review each operator’s financial assurance every year.
United States — Minnesota
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A person aggrieved by a final commissioner order, ruling, or decision may seek judicial review.
United States — Minnesota
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A person who keeps violating these mining-related requirements after notice can be fined up to $1,000 per day, and knowing willful violations of a commissioner rule can be a gross misdemeanor.
United States — Minnesota
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Gas or oil production in the state requires a permit, and the commissioner may not issue permits during the moratorium unless the stated legislative condition is met.
United States — Minnesota
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This section lets specified Minnesota agencies make gas-and-oil rules, requires the commissioner of natural resources to make certain rules, and requires expedited rulemaking and notice timing.