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AK Stat § 27.09.015 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 09. Mining Loan Fund|Sec. 27.09.015. Special account established.

(a) There is established as a special account within the mining loan fund the foreclosure expense account. This account is established as a reserve from fund equity. (b) The commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development may expend money credited to the foreclosure expense account when necessary to protect the state's security interest in collateral on loans made under AS 27.09.010 or to defray expenses incurred during foreclosure proceedings after a default by an obligor.
AK Stat § 27.09.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 09. Mining Loan Fund|Sec. 27.09.020. Eligibility.

(a) The department may make loans under this chapter to (1) an individual who has at least five years of mining or prospecting experience in the state and who is a resident of the state; (2) a partnership if at least half of the partners each have five years mining or prospecting experience in the state and at least half of the partners are residents of the state; (3) a corporation that has at least five years of mining or prospecting experience in the state if at least 51 percent of its shares are held by residents of the state; and (4) a corporation that does not meet the requirements of (3) of this section if at least 51 percent of its shares are held by persons having at least five years of mining or prospecting experience in the state and at least 51 percent of its shares are held by persons who are residents of the state. (b) A person who has a past due child support obligation established by court order or by the child support services agency under AS 25.27.160 - 25.27.220 at the time of application is not eligible for a loan under this chapter.
AK Stat § 27.09.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 09. Mining Loan Fund|Sec. 27.09.030. Operating plan.

(a) A person who requests a loan under AS 27.09.010 shall prepare an operating plan that describes the amount of the loan requested, the nature and location of the advanced mineral exploration, development, or mining for which the loan is requested, the equipment and other resources available to the person to implement the operating plan, and the economic feasibility of the plan. The person requesting a loan shall submit an operating plan to the department. (b) Within 30 days after receipt of an operating plan under (a) of this section, the department shall review the operating plan and shall determine the economic feasibility of the advanced mineral exploration, development, or mining described in the operating plan. The department may extend the time for making its determination as to economic feasibility if an extension is necessary to obtain more information under (c) of this section. (c) The department may require a person who has submitted an operating plan to provide additional information on the proposed advanced mineral exploration, development, or mining if the information is necessary for a determination of economic feasibility under (b) of this section. (d) If the department determines that an operating plan is economically feasible, the department shall provide the person who submitted the plan with a written statement of economic feasibility. (e) The department may enter into contracts for the services of experts in advanced mineral exploration, development, or mining to perform the functions described in (b) - (d) of this section. (f) Information acquired under this section is confidential and may not be disclosed except to the person who supplied the information or except by order of the court.
AK Stat § 27.09.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 09. Mining Loan Fund|Sec. 27.09.040. Loan terms.

(a) A loan granted under this chapter (1) may not exceed $5,000,000; (2) may not exceed a term of 15 years; (3) may not bear interest exceeding 10 percent; and (4) may not exceed 75 percent of the appraised value of the collateral used to secure the loan. (b) A loan may not be made under this chapter if it would result in an outstanding debt of the borrower to the fund in excess of $5,000,000. (c) A loan made under this chapter shall be secured by (1) a first priority lien or mortgage; or (2) a second priority lien or mortgage that is subordinate to a valid first priority lien or mortgage if the total of the financing by the lender making the first mortgage and by the loan made under this chapter does not exceed 75 percent of the appraised value of the collateral used to secure the loan. (d) Unless the loan under this chapter was made to underwrite placer mining activities, repayment of the loan principal shall begin not later than one year after the date mineral production begins or five years from the date the loan is made, whichever is sooner. For loans made under this chapter to underwrite placer mining activities, the department may not require repayment of principal to begin before the end of the second placer mining season after the loan is made. The accrual of interest on a loan made under this chapter begins when the loan is made, and the accrued interest shall be repaid on an annual basis, or repayment may be on a monthly or quarterly basis if the department and the borrower so agree. In this subsection, “placer mining season” means the time during a consecutive 12-month period when placer mining activities may be conducted by virtue of the thawed and fluid condition of the streams and rivers in the mining area. (e) [Repealed, § 72 ch 113 SLA 1982.]
AK Stat § 27.09.045 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 09. Mining Loan Fund|Sec. 27.09.045. Refinancing.

The department may refinance a loan under this chapter by making a loan to pay outstanding mining debts. When an original loan is to be refinanced, the department may not refinance more than 49 percent of the amount of the original loan. The terms in AS 27.09.040 apply to mining debts refinanced under this section.
AK Stat § 27.09.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 09. Mining Loan Fund|Sec. 27.09.050. Regulations.

The department may adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, including regulations to establish reasonable fees for services provided. Regulations adopted under this section shall be prepared after consultation with the Department of Natural Resources or after consultation with a person who, in the opinion of the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development or a designee, has broad experience in and is highly qualified in advanced mineral exploration, development, and mining.
AK Stat § 27.09.055 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 09. Mining Loan Fund|Sec. 27.09.055. Disposal of property acquired by default or foreclosure.

The department shall dispose of property acquired through default or foreclosure of a loan made under this chapter. Disposal shall be made in a manner that serves the best interests of the state and may include the amortization of payments over a period of years.
AK Stat § 27.09.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 09. Mining Loan Fund|Sec. 27.09.060. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “advanced mineral exploration” means the investigation of a known mineral deposit to gain knowledge of its size, shape, and value, and to determine whether it is feasible for mining, by the use of geophysical surveys, boreholes, pits, or underground workings; (2) “date of mineral production” means the date on which the first shipment of products from mining operations is made; (3) “department” means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; (4) “development” means the preparation of a proven mineral deposit for mining; (5) “fund” means the mining loan fund; (6) “mining” means the extraction of ore and the preparation of a mineral product for market.
AK Stat § 27.19.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 19. Reclamation|Sec. 27.19.010. Administration; applicability.

(a) The commissioner of natural resources shall implement this chapter. (b) This chapter applies to state, federal, municipal, and private land and water subject to mining operations. (c) Except as provided in AS 27.19.040(b), this chapter does not apply to an activity regulated under AS 27.21. (d) This chapter does not alter or diminish the authority of another state agency, a state corporation, the University of Alaska, or a municipality under its laws and regulations. (e) The owner of private land may establish requirements for reclamation in excess of those established by this chapter. (f) The commissioner may not require a miner to reclaim under this chapter that portion of a previously mined area that was a part of a mining operation activity occurring before October 15, 1991.
AK Stat § 27.19.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 19. Reclamation|Sec. 27.19.020. Reclamation standard.

A mining operation shall be conducted in a manner that prevents unnecessary and undue degradation of land and water resources, and the mining operation shall be reclaimed as contemporaneously as practicable with the mining operation to leave the site in a stable condition.
AK Stat § 27.19.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 19. Reclamation|Sec. 27.19.030. Reclamation plan.

(a) Except as provided in AS 27.19.050, a miner may not engage in a mining operation until the commissioner has approved a reclamation plan for the mining operation. (b) In reviewing a reclamation plan for state, federal, or municipal land under (a) of this section, the commissioner may consider, after consultation with the commissioners of environmental conservation and fish and game and with the concurrence of the miner and landowner, uses to which the land may be put after mining has been completed, including trails, lakes, recreation sites, fish and wildlife enhancement, commercial, and agriculture uses.
AK Stat § 27.19.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 19. Reclamation|Sec. 27.19.050. Exemption for small operations.

(a) AS 27.19.030(a) and 27.19.040 do not apply to a mining operation (1) where less than five acres are mined at one location in any year and there is a cumulative unreclaimed mined area of less than five acres at one location; or (2) where less than five acres and less than 50,000 cubic yards of gravel or other materials are disturbed or removed at one location in any year and there is a cumulative disturbed area of less than five acres at one location. (b) To obtain an exemption under (a) of this section, a miner shall file a letter of intent notifying the commissioner of the (1) total acreage and volume of material to be mined; (2) total acreage to be reclaimed; and (3) reclamation measures to be used. (c) A miner exempt under (a) of this section shall file an annual reclamation statement with the commissioner disclosing the total acreage and volume of material mined by the operation in the current year, the total acreage reclaimed, and the specific reclamation measures used to comply with AS 27.19.020. A miner does not qualify for an exemption under (a) of this section for subsequent operations unless the annual reclamation statement for the previous operation has been filed with the commissioner. (d) A miner exempted from the requirements of AS 27.19.030(a) and 27.19.040 under (a) of this section that fails to reclaim a mining operation to the standards of AS 27.19.020 is required for two consecutive years to conduct each subsequent mining operation, regardless of size, under an approved reclamation plan and to provide an individual financial assurance.
AK Stat § 27.19.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 19. Reclamation|Sec. 27.19.060. Cooperative management agreements.

The commissioner, on a determination that an agreement is in the best interest of the state, may enter into a cooperative management agreement with the federal government or a state agency to implement a requirement of this chapter or a regulation adopted under it.
AK Stat § 27.19.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 19. Reclamation|Sec. 27.19.070. Violations.

(a) A miner who violates or permits a violation of an approved reclamation plan and fails to comply with a lawful order of the commissioner forfeits the financial assurance or a portion of the assurance and is liable to the state in a civil action for the full amount of reclamation and administrative costs incurred by the state related to the action. A miner exempted under AS 27.19.050(a) is subject to civil action for the full amount of reclamation and administrative costs incurred by the state related to the action if the commissioner determines that reclamation was not conducted under AS 27.19.020. (b) In addition to other remedies available under this chapter, the commissioner may suspend or revoke permits or approvals of operations not being conducted under the approved reclamation plan and deny future mining permits and approvals under this title and AS 38 related to the mining operation for failure to reclaim the mining operation to the standards of this chapter. (c) A miner who has forfeited a financial assurance or has been held liable in a civil action under (a) of this section may conduct future mining operations only after posting a reclamation risk assessment fee equal to five times the amount of financial assurance established under AS 27.19.040(a) for the proposed mining operation. The reclamation assessment fee shall be refunded after two consecutive years of operation consistent with this chapter.
AK Stat § 27.19.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 19. Reclamation|Sec. 27.19.080. Administrative Procedure Act; regulations.

(a) Except as provided in AS 44.37.011, AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) applies to this chapter. (b) The commissioner may adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
AK Stat § 27.19.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 19. Reclamation|Sec. 27.19.100. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “lode mine” means a mining operation that removes the minerals from consolidated rock rather than from a placer deposit; (2) “materials” means sand, gravel, riprap, rock, limestone, slate, peat, and other substances from the ground that are not locatable or leasable under state law; (3) “mined area” (A) means an active site of physical extraction, stockpiling, or the disposal of ore, overburden, tailings, or processed materials, stream diversions, bypasses, and settling ponds; (B) does not include reclaimed areas approved by the commissioner; (4) “miner” means the owner, operator, or leaseholder of a mining operation; (5) “mining operation” (A) means each function, work, facility, and activity in connection with the development, extraction, and processing of (i) a locatable or leasable mineral deposit except oil, gas, or coal; (ii) other materials or of a sand and gravel deposit; and (iii) each use reasonably incident to the development, extraction, and processing of a locatable or leasable mineral deposit or materials; (B) includes the construction of facilities, roads, transmission lines, pipelines, and other support facilities; (6) “reclamation plan” means a plan submitted by a miner under regulations adopted by the commissioner for the reclamation of a proposed mining operation; (7) “stable condition” means the rehabilitation, where feasible, of the physical environment of the site to a condition that allows for the reestablishment of renewable resources on the site within a reasonable period of time by natural processes; (8) “state land” includes (A) the land of the University of Alaska; (B) the land of state corporations; (9) “unnecessary and undue degradation” (A) means surface disturbance greater than would normally result when an activity is being accomplished by a prudent operator in usual, customary, and proficient operations of similar character and considering site specific conditions; (B) includes the failure to initiate and complete reasonable reclamation under the reclamation standard of AS 27.19.020 or an approved reclamation plan under AS 27.19.030(a).
AK Stat § 27.20.005 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 20. Mine Operation|Sec. 27.20.005. Purposes.

This chapter is intended to provide uniform safety standards for all mining operations conducted within the state; to afford maximum freedom of operation to mining operators while assuring proper working conditions for their employees in regard to mining operations; to insure the protection of the public safety and public interest; and to provide for the conservation of natural resources in the public interest in relating to mining operations.
AK Stat § 27.20.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 20. Mine Operation|Sec. 27.20.010. Regulations.

(a) The commissioner may adopt the regulations and issue the orders considered necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and the regulations shall have the force and effect of law. Regulations and orders authorized by this chapter shall be consistent with its purposes and may include but are not limited to regulations and orders pertaining to and supplementing the subject matter contained in this chapter. The commissioner, in adopting coal mining safety regulations, shall, as nearly as is practicable, conform to the federal regulations applicable to bituminous coal and lignite mine safety. (b) All regulations and orders authorized by this chapter shall be adopted in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act.
AK Stat § 27.20.021 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 20. Mine Operation|Sec. 27.20.021. Inspection of mining operations.

The department may enter, inspect, and examine any mining operations in the state and inspect and examine the workings and the machinery belonging to it at all reasonable times, either day or night, but not so as to impede or obstruct the workings of the mining operation more than is necessary. The department may also make inquiry into the condition of the mine, workings, machinery, ventilation, drainage, and methods of lighting or using lights and into methods, things, and appliances connected with and relating to the health and safety of persons in or about the mine. The manager of each mine shall furnish the means necessary for entry, inspection, examination, inquiry, and exit.
AK Stat § 27.20.031 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 20. Mine Operation|Sec. 27.20.031. Correcting unsafe conditions.

If, upon examination, a mine or a portion of it is found to be in an unsafe condition as defined by regulations adopted under this chapter or if proper first aid or mine rescue measures have not been adopted, the department shall at once serve notice in writing upon the owner, lessee, agent, operator, manager, or superintendent of the mine, setting out the nature of the defects that render the mine unsafe or insecure and the place in the mine where the defects exist, and require the repairs necessary to remedy the defects to be made within a specified time. If circumstances require it, the department shall forbid the operation of the mine or portion of it that is declared unsafe or insecure, except for the purpose of making necessary repairs to make the mine safe for employees in it and for the purpose of permitting inspection and investigation of the conditions described in the notice.
AK Stat § 27.20.041 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 20. Mine Operation|Sec. 27.20.041. Reports to be confidential.

The department shall keep confidential, upon the request of the person supplying the information, all reports and information required to be filed by regulations adopted under this chapter and all information deducible from filed information. Except by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, the information shall be revealed only to authorized employees and officers of the state and persons authorized in writing by the persons supplying the information. The information may also be made available to the public in the form of statistical reports if the identity of any particular person or mine operator is not revealed by the reports.
AK Stat § 27.20.051 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 20. Mine Operation|Sec. 27.20.051. Penalties.

A person who fails to comply with this chapter or with a regulation or order adopted under it, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both.
AK Stat § 27.20.061 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 20. Mine Operation|Sec. 27.20.061. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “department” means the Department of Natural Resources; (2) “mining operation” includes all parts of a mine or mineral exploration project in the state and any mining or treatment plant or equipment connected with it, underground or on the surface, that contributes or may contribute to the mining or treatment of ore or other metalliferous or nonmetalliferous mineral product; the term also includes a site of tunneling, shaft-sinking, quarrying, or excavation of rock for other purposes, including but not limited to the construction of water or highway tunnels or drains or of underground sites for the housing of industrial plants or other facilities.
AK Stat § 27.22.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 22. Bonus for Discovery and Production|Sec. 27.22.010. Discovery and production bonus.

(a) To stimulate prospecting for, discovery of, and production from new domestic mineral-bearing deposits, and in the interest of the general industrial development of the state, the commissioner shall, upon sufficient proof, pay a bonus of $10,000 to a person or persons, partnership, company, or corporation that discovers and produces ore in Alaska under the terms of this chapter. (b) The commissioner shall pay the bonus for the discovery and production from new domestic mineral-bearing deposits containing one or any combination of those minerals presently eligible for assistance under the Federal Office of Mineral Exploration program. The production must be from a mining location of a lode or placer deposit that has not previously been discovered or worked.
AK Stat § 27.22.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 22. Bonus for Discovery and Production|Sec. 27.22.020. Amount of production.

The bonus will be paid, not for discovery alone, but only in connection with the delivery and sale to a bona fide purchaser of the first unit shipment of ore or concentrate with a gross market value of $100,000 or more substantiated by affidavit showing completion of sale and receipt of money, gross or net, in hand of the claimant.
AK Stat § 27.22.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 22. Bonus for Discovery and Production|Sec. 27.22.030. Eligibility to claim bonus.

A person of legal age and a citizen of the United States or a partnership, company, or corporation of citizens legally authorized to operate in the state may claim the bonus offered in this chapter.