Montana § 82-4-225 Application For Permit Amendment

Montana Statutes

§ 82-4-225 — Application For Permit Amendment

Montana § 82-4-225

Title 82MINERALS, OIL, AND GAS

Ch. 4RECLAMATION

Part 2Coal and Uranium Mine Reclamation

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Mont. Code Ann. § 82-4-225 (2026).

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82-4-225 . (Temporary) Application for permit amendment.

(1)A permittee may apply to increase the permit boundary, but an increase may not extend the period for which an original permit was issued. The operator shall file an amendment application and map in the same form and with the same content as required for an original application under this part and shall file with the department a supplemental bond in the amount to be determined under 82-4-223 for each acre or fraction of an acre of the increase approved. All procedures of this part pertaining to original applications apply to applications for the increase of the permit area, except for incidental boundary revisions and minor revisions.

(2)If the department approves a reduction in the acreage covered by the original or supplementa

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82-4-225 . (Temporary) Application for permit amendment. (1) A permittee may apply to increase the permit boundary, but an increase may not extend the period for which an original permit was issued. The operator shall file an amendment application and map in the same form and with the same content as required for an original application under this part and shall file with the department a supplemental bond in the amount to be determined under 82-4-223 for each acre or fraction of an acre of the increase approved. All procedures of this part pertaining to original applications apply to applications for the increase of the permit area, except for incidental boundary revisions and minor revisions.
(2) If the department approves a reduction in the acreage covered by the original or supplemental permit, it shall release the bond for each acre reduced, but the bond may not be reduced below $10,000, except as provided in 82-4-223 . (Terminates on occurrence of contingency--sec. 6, Ch. 524, L. 2023.)

Legislative History

En. Sec. 7, Ch. 325, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 352, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 50-1040; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 550, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 127, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 524, L. 2023.