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AK Stat § 27.21.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 2. Surface Coal Mining.|Sec. 27.21.200. Coal exploration permits.

(a) A person may conduct coal exploration activities that substantially disturb the natural land surface only according to regulations adopted by the commissioner. Before conducting the coal exploration activities, the person shall file with the commissioner a notice of intent to explore that includes a description of the exploration area and the period of proposed exploration. (b) The regulations adopted by the commissioner under (a) of this section must include provisions for reclamation, according to the performance standards established under AS 27.21.210, of land disturbed by the coal exploration activities, including reclamation of excavations, roads, and drill holes, and the removal of facilities and equipment. (c) The commissioner shall keep information submitted to the commissioner under this section confidential upon request of the person submitting the information if the information is a (1) trade secret or relates to a trade secret; or (2) privileged competitive right of the applicant for the coal exploration permit. (d) A person who conducts a coal exploration activity that substantially disturbs the natural land surface in violation of the requirements of this section or regulations adopted under this section is subject to the provisions of AS 27.21.240. (e) A person may not remove more than 250 tons of coal under a coal exploration permit without the specific written approval of the commissioner.
AK Stat § 27.21.210 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 2. Surface Coal Mining.|Sec. 27.21.210. Performance standards.

The commissioner shall adopt regulations consistent with the environmental performance standards of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 and the regulations promulgated under that Act for both surface coal mining and reclamation operations and surface effects of underground mining with appropriate adjustments to the special physical, hydrological, biological, and climatic conditions in the state. All permits issued under this chapter shall require that surface coal mining and reclamation operations and coal exploration activities must comply with those environmental performance standards.
AK Stat § 27.21.220 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 2. Surface Coal Mining.|Sec. 27.21.220. Surface effects of underground coal mining.

(a) The provisions of this chapter apply to the surface effects of underground coal mining. However, the commissioner shall consider the inherent difference between underground mining and surface mining in adopting regulations under this chapter that apply to underground mining. (b) In order to protect the stability of the land, the commissioner shall suspend underground coal mining under municipalities or communities and adjacent to industrial or commercial buildings, major impoundments, or permanent streams, if the commissioner finds imminent danger to inhabitants of the municipalities or communities.
AK Stat § 27.21.270 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 3. Abandoned Mines.|Sec. 27.21.270. Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund.

The commissioner may take the actions necessary to ensure state participation to the fullest extent practicable in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund created in 30 U.S.C. 1231 and to function as the state agency for that participation. In conformity with the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, the commissioner shall (1) by regulation, establish priorities that meet the terms of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 for the expenditure of money received by the commissioner from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund; (2) designate land and water eligible for reclamation or abatement with money received by the commissioner from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund; (3) submit reclamation plans, annual projects, and applications to the appropriate authorities under the terms of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977; and (4) administer money received by the state for abandoned mine reclamation or related purposes from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund.
AK Stat § 27.21.280 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 3. Abandoned Mines.|Sec. 27.21.280. Eligible land and water.

Land and water eligible for reclamation or drainage abatement expenditures under this chapter are those that were mined for coal or were affected by such mining, wastebanks, coal processing, or other coal mining processes, and abandoned or left in an inadequate reclamation status before August 3, 1977, and for which there is no continuing reclamation responsibility under state or federal law.
AK Stat § 27.21.290 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 3. Abandoned Mines.|Sec. 27.21.290. Entry onto abandoned mine area.

(a) The commissioner may enter real property that has been adversely affected by past surface coal mining practices and other real property necessary for access to adversely affected real property to restore or reclaim the real property or to abate, control, or prevent the adverse effects. The money expended for and the benefits accruing to the real property from work performed under this subsection is chargeable against the real property and mitigates or offsets a claim in or an action brought by an owner of an interest in the real property for damages resulting from the entry. This subsection does not create new rights of action or eliminate existing immunities. (b) The commissioner may enter real property for the purposes of conducting studies or exploratory work to determine the existence of adverse effects from past surface coal mining practices and to determine the feasibility of restoring or reclaiming the real property or abating, controlling, or preventing the adverse effects of past coal mining practices. (c) The commissioner may enter real property under (a) or (b) of this section only after (1) giving notice of the entry by mailing it to the owners if they are known or, if not known, by posting notice on the premises and advertising once a week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the land is located; (2) making written findings that (A) the land or water resources have been adversely affected by past coal mining practices; (B) the adverse effects are at a stage that, in the public interest, action to restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent the adverse effects of past coal mining practices should be taken; and (C) the owners of the land or water resources where entry must be made to restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent the adverse effects of past coal mining practices are not known or readily available or will not give permission for the entry.
AK Stat § 27.21.300 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 3. Abandoned Mines.|Sec. 27.21.300. Acquisition of abandoned mine areas.

(a) The commissioner may, by purchase, donation, or condemnation in accordance with AS 09.55.240 - 09.55.460, acquire real property that has been adversely affected by past surface coal mining practices if the commissioner determines that (1) acquisition of the real property is necessary to the successful reclamation of the real property and is in the public interest; and (2) the real property, after its restoration or reclamation or after the abatement, control, or prevention of the adverse effects, will serve recreational, historic, conservation, or reclamation purposes or will provide open space benefits; and (3) permanent facilities will be constructed on the real property for the restoration or reclamation of the real property or for the abatement, control, or prevention of the adverse effects; or (4) if the real property includes a coal refuse disposal site, the acquisition of the coal refuse disposal site and the coal refuse on the site will serve the purposes of this section; or (5) public ownership is desirable to meet emergency situations created by the adverse effects and to prevent recurrences of the adverse effects. (b) Title to real property acquired under this section is in the state. If the commissioner acquires the real property by purchase or condemnation, the commissioner shall pay the fair market value of the real property as adversely affected by past coal mining practices. (c) If real property acquired under this section is suitable for industrial, commercial, residential, or recreational development, the commissioner may sell the real property by competitive bidding, at not less than the fair market value of the real property. The commissioner shall adopt regulations relating to the sale of real property under this subsection that will ensure that the use of the real property is consistent with any state and local land use plans. If money received by the commissioner from the federal government is involved in the acquisition of the real property, the commissioner may sell the real property only if the sale is authorized by the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior. If a person requests it, the commissioner shall hold a hearing in the area in which the real property is located to consider the use or disposition of the real property after its restoration or reclamation or after the abatement, control, or prevention of adverse effects. The commissioner shall hold the hearing at a time that will afford local residents and representatives of municipal government in the area the maximum opportunity to participate in the hearing. The commissioner shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the real property is located at least 10 days before holding the hearing.
AK Stat § 27.21.310 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 3. Abandoned Mines.|Sec. 27.21.310. Liens on abandoned mine areas.

(a) Within six months after the completion of a project under AS 27.21.290 to restore or reclaim privately owned real property or to abate, control, or prevent the adverse effects of past surface coal mining practice on privately owned real property, the commissioner shall itemize the money spent on the project. If the project results or will result in a significant increase in the real property's fair market value, the commissioner may file a statement of the money spent in the recording office in the area in which the real property is located with a notarized appraisal by a licensed appraiser of the fair market value of the real property before the project began. The statement constitutes a lien on the real property as of the date of the expenditure which is second only to the lien of property taxes. The lien may not exceed the amount determined by either of two appraisals to be the increase in the fair market value of the real property as a result of the project. A lien may not be filed under this subsection against real property of a person who owned the surface before May 2, 1977, and who did not consent to, participate in, or exercise control over the surface coal mining operation that necessitated the project. (b) A person affected by a lien under (a) of this section may petition the commissioner within 60 days after the recording of the lien for a hearing concerning the amount of the lien.
AK Stat § 27.21.320 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 3. Abandoned Mines.|Sec. 27.21.320. Filling voids and sealing tunnels.

The commissioner may authorize the filling of voids, sealing open and abandoned tunnels, shafts, and entryways resulting from any previous mining operation and reclaim surface impacts of underground and surface mines to the extent authorized by the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior.
AK Stat § 27.21.330 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 3. Abandoned Mines.|Sec. 27.21.330. Emergency powers in abandoned mine areas.

(a) In emergency situations the commissioner may use money available to the state in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund for the purposes of AS 27.21.290(a) if the commissioner finds that (1) an emergency exists that constitutes a danger to the public health, safety, or general welfare; and (2) no other person or agency will act expeditiously for those purposes. (b) If the commissioner makes the findings described in (a) of this section, the commissioner may enter on real property under AS 27.21.290(a) or (b) without giving the notice or making the findings required by AS 27.21.290(c). An entry onto real property under this section may not be considered a condemnation of property or a trespass.
AK Stat § 27.21.340 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 3. Abandoned Mines.|Sec. 27.21.340. Miscellaneous powers regarding abandoned mine lands.

(a) The commissioner may request the attorney general to initiate, in addition to any other remedies provided for in this chapter, an action in equity for an injunction to restrain any interference with the exercise of the right to enter or to conduct the work described in AS 27.21.270 - 27.21.340. (b) The state has the power and authority to construct and operate plants for the control and treatment of water pollution resulting from mine drainage, including major interceptors and other appurtenant facilities, so long as that control and treatment complies with 33 U.S.C. 1251 - 1376 (the Federal Water Pollution Control Act).
AK Stat § 27.21.900 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 4. General Provisions.|Sec. 27.21.900. Mining by government agencies.

A federal, state, or municipal government agency, including a publicly owned utility or corporation, that proposes to engage in a surface coal mining operation that is subject to this chapter must comply with this chapter.
AK Stat § 27.21.910 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 4. General Provisions.|Sec. 27.21.910. Exemptions.

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the extraction of coal (1) by a landowner or lessee for the landowner's or lessee's own noncommercial use from land owned or leased by it; (2) for commercial purposes if the surface coal mining operation affects two acres or less; or (3) as an incidental part of highway or other construction financed in whole or in part as specified by regulation, by federal, state, or municipal government agency.
AK Stat § 27.21.920 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 4. General Provisions.|Sec. 27.21.920. Experimental practices.

In order to encourage advances in mining and reclamation practices, and to allow post-mining land use for industrial, commercial, residential, recreational, or public purposes, the commissioner may, with the approval of the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, authorize departures in individual cases on an experimental basis from the environmental performance standards established under AS 27.21.210. The commissioner may authorize these departures if (1) the experimental practices are, during and after the surface coal mining operation, potentially more protective of the environment than, or at least as protective of the environment as, those required by this chapter and regulations adopted under it; (2) the surface coal mining operation for which the departure is authorized is not larger than necessary to determine the effectiveness and economic feasibility of the experimental practices; and (3) the experimental practices do not reduce the protection afforded public health and safety below that provided by law or regulation.
AK Stat § 27.21.930 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 4. General Provisions.|Sec. 27.21.930. Water rights and replacement.

(a) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to affect the right of a person to protect the person's interest in water resources affected by a surface coal mining operation. (b) An operator shall replace the water supply of an owner of an interest in real property who obtains all or part of the owner's supply of water for domestic, agricultural, industrial, or other beneficial use from an underground or surface source, if the supply has been affected by contamination, diminution, or interruption proximately resulting from the operator's surface coal mining operation.
AK Stat § 27.21.940 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 4. General Provisions.|Sec. 27.21.940. Certification of blasters.

The commissioner shall adopt regulations requiring the training, examination, and certification of persons engaging in or directly responsible for blasting or the use of explosives in surface coal mining operations.
AK Stat § 27.21.950 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 4. General Provisions.|Sec. 27.21.950. Civil actions.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a person who is or may be adversely affected by a failure to comply with this chapter may commence a civil action in the superior court on the person's own behalf and compel compliance with this chapter against (1) the commissioner, if the commissioner has failed to perform a nondiscretionary act or duty; (2) an instrumentality or agency of the state that is in violation of this chapter or a regulation adopted, or an order or permit issued, under this chapter; or (3) a person who is in violation of a regulation adopted or an order or permit issued under this chapter. (b) A person may not commence an action under (a)(1) of this section until 60 days after giving the commissioner written notice of the intended action in the manner prescribed by regulations adopted by the commissioner, except that an action may be brought immediately after the notice if the commissioner's failure to perform constitutes an imminent threat to the health or safety of the person or would immediately affect a legal interest of the person. (c) A person may not commence an action under (a)(2) or (3) of this section (1) until 60 days after the plaintiff has given notice in writing of the violation to the commissioner and to the agency, instrumentality, or alleged violator; (2) if the state is diligently prosecuting a civil action in a state or federal court to require compliance with the provisions of this chapter or a regulation adopted or an order or permit issued under this chapter; however, any person may intervene in that civil action as a matter of right. (d) A person may commence an action under this section only in the judicial district in which the surface coal mining operation is located. (e) Nothing in this section restricts any right that a person or class of persons may have under statute or common law to seek enforcement of any of the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted under it or to seek any other relief, including relief against the commissioner. (f) A person who is injured or whose property is damaged by the violation by a permittee of a regulation adopted or an order or permit issued under this chapter may bring an action for damages, including reasonable attorney fees and expert witness fees, only in the judicial district in which the permittee's operation is located. Nothing in this subsection affects the rights established by or limits imposed under AS 23.30. (g) In an action under this section, the commissioner may intervene as a matter of right.
AK Stat § 27.21.960 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 4. General Provisions.|Sec. 27.21.960. Inconsistencies with federal act.

(a) A provision of this chapter that is inconsistent with the provisions of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 as determined by the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior under 30 U.S.C. 1255(b) is invalid from the date of the secretary's determination. (b) If a provision of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 or of the regulations promulgated under that Act by the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior is deleted, amended, set aside, enjoined, or declared invalid by Congress, the secretary, or in a final, unappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, then the commissioner shall review the changes made and make an appropriate recommendation as to whether changes in this chapter or the regulations adopted under it should be made.
AK Stat § 27.21.970 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 4. General Provisions.|Sec. 27.21.970. Relationship to other laws.

(a) Nothing in this chapter abrogates or modifies the power of a state agency to enforce laws and regulations within its jurisdiction, except as specifically stated in this chapter and regulations adopted under it. The commissioner shall coordinate permitting procedures to prevent unnecessary duplication in permit review. (b) Surface coal mining operations for coal that has been or is conveyed out of federal ownership must meet the requirements of this chapter.
AK Stat § 27.21.975 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 4. General Provisions.|Sec. 27.21.975. Severability.

If any provision of this chapter or the applicability of it to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter and the application of that provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
AK Stat § 27.21.980 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 4. General Provisions.|Sec. 27.21.980. Administrative Procedure Act.

Unless otherwise provided in AS 44.37.011 or other law, AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) applies to this chapter.
AK Stat § 27.21.999 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act|Article 4. General Provisions.|Sec. 27.21.999. Short title.

This chapter may be cited as the Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act.
AK Stat § 28.05.015 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 28. Motor Vehicles|Chapter 05. Administration|Article 1. Powers and Duties of Departments of Public Safety and Administration.|Sec. 28.05.015. Wheeled adjuncts.

The department shall, unless prohibited by an ordinance of a governmental subdivision of the state, allow pedestrians to use wheeled adjuncts, such as rollerblades, roller skates, and roller skis, on roadways and vehicular ways in addition to areas available for use by bicycles.