Statute 49-405d: Inspections, when; reports; signs, where, required
information; violations; public records.
(a) Departmental inspections shall be made on an irregular basis
averaging not less than one partial inspection per month and one complete
inspection per calendar quarter for the mining and reclamation operations
covered by each permit. Inspections shall occur without prior notice to
the operator or its agents or employees except for necessary on site meetings
and shall include filing of inspection reports adequate to enforce the requirements
of and to carry out the terms and purposes of this act. When an inspection
results from information provided to the department by any
person, either directly
or through the secretary of the interior, the secretary shall
notify such person
when the inspection is proposed to be carried out, and such person shall
be allowed to accompany the inspector during the inspection.
(b) Each operator shall maintain at the entrances of the
surface coal mining and reclamation operations a clearly visible sign which
sets forth the name, business address, and phone number of the operator
and the permit number of the surface coal mining and reclamation operations.
(c) Each inspector, upon detection of each violation of any requirement
of this act, or the national surface mining control and reclamation act
of 1977 (public law 95-87), shall inform the operator in writing,
and shall report in writing any such violation to the secretary.
(d) Copies of any records, reports, inspection materials, or information
obtained under this title by the department shall be made
immediately available
to the public at the department's field office so that they
are conveniently
available to residents in the areas of mining.
History: L. 1979, ch. 169, § 14;
L. 1988, ch. 192, § 13; July 1.