§ 207.16 — Release of performance bonds or deposits

Iowa § 207.16

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title V: AGRICULTURE
• Ch. 207: COAL MINING

Text

1. Each operator upon completion of any reclamation work required by this chapter shall
apply to the division in writing for approval of the work. The division shall promulgate rules
consistent with Pub. L. No. 95-87, §519, codified at 30 U.S.C. §1269, regarding procedures
and requirements to release performance bonds or deposits.
2. Thedivisionmayreleaseinwholeorpartthebondsordepositsifthedivisionissatisfied
the reclamation covered by the bonds or deposits or portions thereof has been accomplished
as required by this chapter according to stages determined by the division by rule. When the
operator has completed successfully all surface coal mining and reclamation activities, the
remaining portion of the bond shall be released upon the expiration of the period specified
for operator responsibility in the rules promulgated pursuant to section 207.7. A bond shall
not be fully released until all reclamation requirements of this chapter are fully met.
3. A person with a valid legal interest which might be adversely affected by release of
the bond or a federal, state, or local governmental agency which has jurisdiction by law or
special expertise with respect to any environmental, social, or economic impact involved in
the operation, or which is authorized to develop and enforce environmental standards with
respecttosuchoperationsmayfilewrittenobjectionstotheproposedreleasefrombondtothe
division within sixty days after the last publication as required by rule of a notice of a request
for bond release by the operator. If written objections are filed and a hearing is requested,
the division shall inform all the interested parties of the time and place of the hearing, and
hold a public hearing as a contested case in the locality of the coal mining operation or at the
state capital, at the request of the objectors, within thirty days of the request. The date, time,
and location shall be advertised by the division in a newspaper of general circulation in the
locality for two consecutive weeks.

Legislative History

[C81, §83.16]