Section 11.97.420. Amount of bond.

	(a)  The amount of the performance bond required by 11 AAC 97.400 is $750 per acre, or the reduced per-acre amount determined by the commissioner under (b) of this section, multiplied by the acreage total determined under 11 AAC 97.415.  
	(b)  If a miner shows to the commissioner's satisfaction that the reasonable and probable costs of reclamation under an approved reclamation plan are less than $750 per acre, the commissioner will reduce the bond to those costs. The miner's showing must be submitted along with the proposed reclamation plan and must include an estimate of the labor and equipment costs that would be incurred to hire a third-party contractor to perform the reclamation in accordance with the plan. In evaluating a miner's proposal for reduction of the bond amount, the commissioner will consider the nature of the surface, its uses, improvements in the vicinity of the land, the degree of risk involved in the mining operation, and all other relevant factors. The commissioner will make a determination on this request of bond reduction in the time schedules set out in 11 AAC 97.300.  
	(c)  A miner may provide a bond for more than the amount required by (a) and (b) of this section.  

Authorities

27.19.040

Notes

Reference

11 AAC 97.425

Authority

Sec. 2, ch. 92, SLA 1990 AS 27.19.040

History

Eff. 7/30/92, Register 123