(A) Along with a plan for reclamation required as part of an application for all mines, applicants shall submit, as part of the application for a permit to mine, a documented estimate of costs necessary to implement the reclamation plan (consistent with Minn. Rules part 6132.1300, subpart 4). This estimate shall include closure and post-closure maintenance activities required if operations cease within the first calendar year.
(B) The permittee shall annually adjust the contingency reclamation cost estimate.
(C) Cost estimates shall be based on the following:
(1) Current dollar value at the time of the estimate; and
(2) The cost to the city of administering and hiring a third party to implement the contingency reclamation plan.
(D) No salvage value attributed to the sale of wastes, facility structures, equipment, land or other assets shall be used for estimating purposes.
(Prior Code, § 345.06)