Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XV - Office of Conservation-Surface Mining › Subpart 6 - Abandoned Mine Lands › Chapter 95 - State Reclamation Plans › Section XV-9503 - Content of Proposed State Reclamation Plan

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The proposed reclamation plan shall be
				  submitted to the director in writing and shall include the following
				  information:
1. a designation by the governor
				  for the office to administer the reclamation program and to receive and
				  administer grants under  30 CFR Part 886 ;
2. a legal opinion from the state attorney
				  general that the office has the authority under state law to conduct the
				  program;
3. a description of the
				  policies and procedures to be followed by the office in conducting the
				  reclamation program, including:
a. the
				  purposes of the reclamation program;
b. the specific criteria for ranking and
				  identifying projects to be funded;
c. the coordination of reclamation work among
				  the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program and the Rural Land Reclamation Program
				  administered by the Soil Conservation Service and OSM's reclamation
				  programs;
d. policies and
				  procedures regarding land acquisition, management and disposal under Chapter
				  91;
e. policies and procedures
				  regarding reclamation on private land under Chapter 93;
f. policies and procedures regarding rights
				  of entry under Chapter 89; and
g.
				  public participation and involvement in the preparation of the reclamation plan
				  and in the reclamation program;
4. a description of the administrative and
				  management structure to be used in conducting the reclamation program,
				  including:
a. the organization of the office
				  and its relationship to other state organizations or officials that will
				  participate in or augment the office's reclamation capacity;
b. the personnel staffing policies which will
				  govern the assignment of personnel to the reclamation program;
c. the purchasing and procurement systems to
				  be used by the division. Such systems shall meet the requirements of Office of
				  Management and Budget Circular No. A-102, Attachment O; and
d. the accounting system to be used by the
				  office including specific procedures for the operation of the Abandoned Mine
				  Reclamation Fund;
5. a
				  general description, derived from available data, of the reclamation activities
				  to be conducted under the Reclamation Plan, including the known or suspected
				  eligible lands and waters within the state which require reclamation,
				  including:
a. a map showing the general
				  location of known or suspected eligible lands and waters;
b. a description of the problems occurring on
				  these lands and waters;
c. how the
				  plan proposes to address each of the problems occurring on these lands and
				  waters;
d. how the land to be
				  reclaimed relates to existing and planned uses of lands in surrounding
				  areas;
6. a general
				  description, derived from available data, of the conditions prevailing in the
				  different geographic areas of the state where reclamation is planned,
				  including:
a. the economic base;
b. significant aesthetic, historic or
				  cultural and recreational values; and
c. endangered and threatened plant, fish and
				  wildlife and their habitats.