Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XV - Office of Conservation-Surface Mining › Subpart 1 - General Information › Chapter 4 - Exemption for Coal Extraction Incidental to the Extraction of Other Minerals › Section XV-407 - Contents of Application for Exemption

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. An application for exemption shall include
				  at a minimum:
1. the name and address of the
				  applicant;
2. a list of the
				  minerals sought to be extracted;
3.
				  estimates of annual production of coal and the other minerals within each
				  mining area over the anticipated life of the mining operation;
4. estimated annual revenues to be derived
				  from bonafide sales of coal and other minerals to be extracted within the
				  mining area;
5. where coal or other
				  minerals are to be used rather than sold, estimated annual fair market values
				  at the time of projected use of the coal and other minerals to be extracted
				  from the mining area;
6. the basis
				  for all annual production, revenue, and fair market value estimates;
7. a description, including parish, township
				  if any, and boundaries of the land, of sufficient certainty that the mining
				  areas may be located and distinguished from other mining areas;
8. an estimate to the nearest acre of the
				  number of acres that will compose the mining area over the anticipated life of
				  the mining operation;
9. evidence
				  of publication, in a newspaper of general circulation in the parish of the
				  mining area, of a public notice that an application for exemption has been
				  filed with the office (The public notice must identify the persons claiming the
				  exemption and must contain a description of the proposed operation and its
				  locality that is sufficient for interested persons to identify the
				  operation);
10. representative
				  stratigraphic cross-section(s) based on test borings or other information
				  identifying and showing the relative position, approximate thickness and
				  density of the coal and each other mineral to be extracted for commercial use
				  or sale and the relative position and thickness of any material, not classified
				  as other minerals, that will also be extracted during the conduct of mining
				  activities;
11. a map of
				  appropriate scale which clearly identifies the mining area;
12. a general description of mining and
				  mineral processing activities for the mining area;
13. a summary of sales commitments and
				  agreements for future delivery, if any, which the applicant has received for
				  other minerals to be extracted from the mining area, or a description of
				  potential markets for such minerals;
14. if the other minerals are to be
				  commercially used by the applicant, a description specifying the use;
15. for operations having extracted coal or
				  other minerals prior to filing an application for exemption, in addition to the
				  information required above, the following information must also be submitted:
a. any relevant documents the operator has
				  received from the office documenting its exemption from the requirements of the
				  Act;
b. the cumulative production
				  of the coal and other minerals from the mining area; and
c. estimated tonnages of stockpiled coal and
				  other minerals; and
16.
				  any other information pertinent to the qualification of the operation as
				  exempt.