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AK Stat § 27.10.170 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain|Article 3. Annual Labor or Improvements.|Sec. 27.10.170. Effect of recording affidavit of labor or improvements.

An affidavit recorded under AS 27.10.160 is prima facie evidence of the performance of the work or of making the improvements stated in it.
AK Stat § 27.10.180 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain|Article 3. Annual Labor or Improvements.|Sec. 27.10.180. Notice to co-owners to contribute to cost of annual labor or improvements and forfeiture for failure to contribute.

If one of several co-owners fails to contribute the proportion of the expenditures required for annual labor from the co-owner, the co-owners who have performed the labor or made the improvements may, at the expiration of the annual labor year, give the delinquent co-owner personal notice in writing, or notice by publication in the newspaper published nearest the claim for at least once a week for 90 days and, if at the expiration of 90 days after the service of the notice in writing or 90 days after the completion of the publication the delinquent co-owner fails or refuses to contribute the proportion of the required expenditures, that co-owner's interest in the claim is forfeited to the co-owners who have made the expenditures.
AK Stat § 27.10.190 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain|Article 3. Annual Labor or Improvements.|Sec. 27.10.190. Recording the notice to contribute and affidavits.

(a) Within 120 days after personal service or within 120 days after the completion of publication of the notice provided for in AS 27.10.180, the co-owner who claims the forfeiture shall record in the office of the recorder of the recording district in which the claim is located a copy of the notice with the following affidavits attached: (1) an affidavit of the person serving the notice giving the time, place, and manner of service and by whom and upon whom the service was made or, if service was made by publication in a newspaper, an affidavit of the editor, publisher, printer, or foreman of the newspaper giving the name of the newspaper, the place where, and the time during which the notice was published, and the number of insertions; (2) an affidavit of the co-owner who claims the forfeiture stating that neither the delinquent co-owner nor any person acting for the delinquent co-owner has paid or tendered to the affiant the delinquent's proportion of the expenditures for annual labor or improvements. (b) The record of the notice and affidavits or a certified copy of it is prima facie evidence of the facts contained in it.
AK Stat § 27.10.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain|Article 3. Annual Labor or Improvements.|Sec. 27.10.200. Lienholder may perform the annual labor.

A person who holds a claim to or lien upon an unpatented mining claim under a certificate of sale, mortgage, attachment, levy, judgment, or other lien, may, when necessary for the protection of the lien or claim, go upon the mining claim and perform or cause to be performed the annual labor required by law to prevent forfeiture. Before performing the labor the person shall mail a written notice of intention to perform the annual labor on the claim to the owner of the claim at the owner's last known address.
AK Stat § 27.10.210 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain|Article 3. Annual Labor or Improvements.|Sec. 27.10.210. Lien for performance of annual labor.

(a) The person performing or causing to be performed annual labor upon an unpatented mining claim as provided in AS 27.10.200 shall have a lien upon the claim for the assessment work, including the reasonable cost of transportation to and from the claim incurred in doing the work. The lien is enforced either as in other suits for the foreclosure of liens upon real property or as supplemental accruing costs in an action, if any, then pending in which the claim has been levied upon by attachment, execution, or other court process. (b) A person claiming a lien under this section shall within 90 days after the completion of the annual labor for which the lien is claimed record in the office of the recorder of the recording district in which the property on which the lien is claimed is situated a notice of claim of lien, verified by the oath of the claimant or another person having knowledge of the facts, and stating the name of the owner or reputed owner of the property, the amount of the claim, the time of the performance of the annual labor for which the lien is claimed, the nature of the labor done or improvements made, and the amount of the claim, including costs of transportation, after deducting all just credits and offsets. (c) An independent suit or action brought to enforce a lien under this section shall be commenced within six months after the recording of the notice of claim of lien.
AK Stat § 27.10.220 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain|Article 3. Annual Labor or Improvements.|Sec. 27.10.220. Lien for annual labor is independent of other liens.

The lien given for the performance of annual labor by AS 27.10.210, if the work is done in good faith and necessarily for the protection either of possession under a certificate of sale or of an attachment, levy, mortgage, judgment, or other lien, remains in effect notwithstanding the contemporaneous or subsequent vacation, dissolution, or setting aside of, or redemption from, the certificate of sale, attachment, levy, mortgage, judgment, or other lien.
AK Stat § 27.10.230 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain|Article 3. Annual Labor or Improvements.|Sec. 27.10.230. Surveys may qualify as annual labor.

The term “labor” where used in AS 27.10.130 and 27.10.150 includes, without being limited to, geological, geochemical, and geophysical surveys conducted by qualified experts and verified by a detailed report recorded in the recording district office in which the claim is located that sets forth fully (1) the location of the work performed in relation to the point of discovery and boundaries of the claim, (2) the nature, extent, and cost thereof, (3) the basic findings therefrom, and (4) the name, address, and professional background of the person or persons conducting the work. Surveys of this kind, however, may not be applied as labor for more than two consecutive years or for more than a total of five years on any one mining claim, and each of these surveys shall be nonrepetitive of any previous survey on the same claim.
AK Stat § 27.10.240 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain|Article 3. Annual Labor or Improvements.|Sec. 27.10.240. Definitions for AS 27.10.230.

In AS 27.10.230, (1) “geochemical surveys” means surveys on the ground for mineral deposits by the proper application of the principles and techniques of the science of chemistry as they relate to the search for and discovery of mineral deposits; (2) “geological surveys” means surveys on the ground for mineral deposits by the proper application of the principles and techniques of the science of geology as they relate to the search for and discovery of mineral deposits; (3) “geophysical surveys” means surveys on the ground for mineral deposits through the employment of generally recognized equipment and methods for measuring physical differences between rock types or discontinuities in geological formations; (4) “qualified expert” means an individual qualified by education or experience to conduct geological, geochemical, or geophysical surveys.
AK Stat § 27.21.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 2. Surface Coal Mining.|Sec. 27.21.020. Jurisdiction.

The commissioner of natural resources has exclusive jurisdiction over surface coal mining and reclamation operations in the state.
AK Stat § 27.21.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 2. Surface Coal Mining.|Sec. 27.21.040. Provisions of regulations and permits.

The provisions of a regulation adopted or a permit issued by the commissioner may vary for particular conditions, types of coal being extracted, or areas of the state if the provisions are consistent with the purposes of this chapter.
AK Stat § 27.21.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 2. Surface Coal Mining.|Sec. 27.21.050. Conflict of interest.

An employee of the department or a private contractor performing a function or duty under this chapter may not have a direct or indirect financial interest in an underground or surface coal mining operation. A person who knowingly violates this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
AK Stat § 27.21.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 2. Surface Coal Mining.|Sec. 27.21.060. Permits.

(a) Beginning eight months after May 2, 1983, a person may not conduct a surface coal mining and reclamation operation in the state without a permit for that operation. To receive a permit, a person must apply to the commissioner. The commissioner shall process applications according to this chapter and regulations adopted under it. (b) [Repealed, § 82 ch 6 SLA 1984.]
AK Stat § 27.21.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 2. Surface Coal Mining.|Sec. 27.21.070. Term of permit.

(a) Permits will be issued for a term of five years. However, the commissioner may grant a permit for a longer term if the application is complete for that longer term and the applicant demonstrates that the longer term is necessary to allow the applicant to obtain financing for equipment or for the opening of the operation. (b) A permit terminates if a permittee does not begin surface coal mining operations under the permit within three years after the permit is issued. The commissioner may grant reasonable extensions of time if the permittee shows that the extensions are necessary (1) because of litigation that precludes the commencement of the operation or threatens substantial economic loss to the permittee; or (2) for reasons beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the permittee. With respect to coal to be mined for use in a synthetic fuel facility or specific major electric generating facility, the permittee is considered to have begun surface mining operations at the time that the construction of the synthetic fuel or generating facility is begun.
AK Stat § 27.21.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 2. Surface Coal Mining.|Sec. 27.21.090. Application fee.

An application for a new permit, permit renewal, or transfer of a permit must be accompanied by an application fee. The commissioner shall adopt regulations setting out a fee schedule. The application fee may not exceed the actual or anticipated costs of reviewing the application.
AK Stat § 27.21.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 2. Surface Coal Mining.|Sec. 27.21.100. Public information and inspection.

(a) An applicant for a permit shall file a copy of the application for public inspection at a location designated by the commissioner near the area of the proposed surface coal mining operation. The applicant may exclude from the copy filed under this subsection information that is confidential under (c) of this section. (b) Copies of records, permits, inspection materials, data obtained under AS 27.21.120, or other information obtained under this chapter by the commissioner relating to a surface coal mining and reclamation operation, other than information that is confidential under (c) of this section, must be made immediately and conveniently available to the public at the district office of the department closest to the location of the surface coal mining and reclamation operation. (c) Information (1) gathered from the proposed permit area included in the application for a permit and pertaining to coal seams, test borings, core samplings, or soil samples must be made available to any person with an interest that is or may be adversely affected, except that information that relates only to the analysis of the chemical and physical properties of the coal, other than information regarding the mineral or elemental content that is potentially toxic in the environment, must be kept confidential and not made a matter of public record; (2) in the applicant's reclamation plan relating to the competitive rights of the applicant, including but not limited to trade secrets, commercial or financial information, and geologic information specifically identified as confidential by the applicant and determined by the commissioner to be not essential for public review shall be kept confidential and not be made a matter of public record.
AK Stat § 27.21.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 2. Surface Coal Mining.|Sec. 27.21.110. Contents of application.

The commissioner shall adopt regulations relating to the contents of an application for a permit under this chapter that include a reclamation plan and liability insurance consistent with the requirements of 30 U.S.C. 1257(b) and 30 U.S.C. 1258, as amended. The regulations must take into account the unique mining and environmental conditions of Alaska.
AK Stat § 27.21.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 2. Surface Coal Mining.|Sec. 27.21.120. Small operator assistance.

(a) The provisions of this section apply when the commissioner finds that the probable total annual production of all of the surface coal mining operations of an applicant or, if the applicant is a subsidiary of another corporation, the applicant's parent corporation and its subsidiaries will not exceed 300,000 tons. (b) At the written request of an applicant, the commissioner shall (1) determine, for each applicant or applicant's parent corporation and subsidiaries, as appropriate, the data that may be necessary in order to (A) evaluate the probable hydrologic consequences of the applicant's surface mining and reclamation operations in the proposed permit area and adjacent areas; (B) evaluate the results of test borings on core samplings for the proposed permit area; (C) develop cross-section maps and plans, if required; (D) fulfill archeological and historic information required by AS 44.37.040(3); (E) fulfill all requirements that are imposed on the applicant or the applicant's parent corporation and subsidiaries if, under a regulation adopted under authority of this chapter, the applicant or applicant's parent corporation is required to complete a preblasting survey of nearby dwellings or structures and to prepare a report of the survey; and (F) fulfill requirements applicable to collecting site-specific resources information, producing protection and enhancement plans for fish and wildlife habitats and for subsistence uses of the permit area and adjacent areas, and preparing information and plans for any other environmental values; and (2) to the maximum extent possible with money appropriated, engage, at no cost to the applicant, a qualified laboratory to collect, analyze, and report the results of the data for the tasks set out in (1)(A) - (F) of this subsection. (c) The collection and analysis of data under (b)(2) of this section may proceed concurrently with the applicant's development of a reclamation plan.
AK Stat § 27.21.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 2. Surface Coal Mining.|Sec. 27.21.130. Public notice of application.

At the time an applicant submits an application for a permit or for a revision of a permit, the applicant shall give notice in the manner set out in AS 38.05.945(b) and (c) except as may be provided otherwise by regulations adopted under this chapter.
AK Stat § 27.21.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 2. Surface Coal Mining.|Sec. 27.21.140. Objection to application; informal conference.

(a) A person who is or may be adversely affected by the issuance or revision of a permit or a federal, state, or municipal agency may file written comments or objections to the permit or revision with the commissioner within 30 days after the last publication of the notice required in AS 27.21.130 and may include with the objection a request for an informal conference. (b) The commissioner shall immediately provide a copy of any comments or objections filed under (a) of this section to the applicant and shall make them available to the public. If an informal conference is requested under (a) of this section, the commissioner shall hold an informal conference in the locality of the operations proposed in the application. Notice requirements and procedures for informal conferences must be set out in regulations adopted under this chapter. (c) The commissioner shall notify the applicant, any person who filed a comment or objection under (a) of this section, and any participant in an informal conference held under (b) of this section, in writing, of the decision to grant, condition, modify, or deny the permit or revision, and, if the decision is not to grant the permit or revision, of the specific reasons for the decision. The commissioner shall provide notification of the decision within 60 days after an informal conference or, if there has not been an informal conference, within the time established in AS 27.21.180. (d) If the application is approved, the permit shall be issued upon filing of the performance bond required by AS 27.21.160 or satisfactory compliance with the requirements of the statewide bonding pool for mining operations established under AS 27.19.040(b).
AK Stat § 27.21.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 2. Surface Coal Mining.|Sec. 27.21.150. Hearings.

(a) Within 30 days after an applicant is notified under AS 27.21.140(c) of the commissioner's decision concerning the application, the applicant or a person who is or may be adversely affected by the decision may request a hearing to review the reasons for the decision. The commissioner shall hold the hearing within 30 days after the request and shall notify the interested parties of the hearing at the time the applicant is notified. AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) applies to a hearing under this section except as provided by regulations adopted under this chapter.  (b) If a hearing is requested under (a) of this section, the commissioner may, under conditions the commissioner prescribes, grant appropriate temporary relief pending the commissioner's final decision if (1) the parties to the hearing have been notified and given an opportunity to be heard on a request for temporary relief; (2) the party requesting the temporary relief shows that there is a substantial likelihood that the party will prevail in the final decision of the hearing; and (3) the temporary relief will not adversely affect the public health or safety or cause significant imminent harm to land, air, or water resources. (c) The person presiding at the hearing may administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, subpoena written or printed materials, compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of materials, and take evidence including but not limited to evidence derived from site inspections of the land that will be affected by the permit or revision and other surface coal mining operations conducted by the applicant in the general vicinity of the operation proposed in the application. On the motion of a party or by order of the commissioner, a verbatim record of a hearing required by this chapter shall be made and a transcript made available.
AK Stat § 27.21.190 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 2. Surface Coal Mining.|Sec. 27.21.190. Revision and transfer of permit.

(a) During the term of a permit, the permittee may submit to the commissioner an application for revision of the permit, with necessary revisions to the permittee's reclamation plan. (b) The commissioner may not approve an application for revision of a permit unless the commissioner finds that reclamation required by this chapter and the regulations adopted under it can be accomplished under the necessary revisions to the reclamation plan. The commissioner shall establish guidelines for determining the extent of revision for which all permit application requirements and procedures, including notice and hearing, shall apply. A revision that, in the commissioner's determination, requires significant revisions to the applicant's reclamation plan must, at a minimum, be subject to a notice and hearing requirement. (c) A permittee may not apply under this section for an extension of the permit area, except by incidental boundary revision. (d) A permittee may not transfer, assign, or sell a permit or the rights granted under a permit without the written approval of the commissioner. A successor in interest to a permittee may continue the surface coal mining and reclamation operation of the permittee until the successor's transfer application is granted or denied if the successor (1) applies for a new permit within 30 days of succeeding to that interest; and (2) obtains the same bond coverage as the permittee. (e) After the commissioner issues a permit, the commissioner shall, within a time limit established by regulation, review the permit and may, for good cause, require reasonable revisions of the permit during the term of the permit. A revision under this subsection must be based on a written finding of the commissioner relating to the need for the revision and is subject to notice and hearing requirements established by the commissioner by regulation.