Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 632 - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES › Division 30 - OREGON MINED LAND RECLAMATION ACT - APPLICABLE TO ALL SURFACE MINING EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED UNDER OAR CHAPTER 632, DIVISION 035 (COAL AND METAL-BEARING ORE OPERATIONS), AND OAR CHAPTER 632, DIVISION 037 (CHEMICAL PROCESS MINING) › Section 632-030-0010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
In addition to the definitions provided in ORS
				517.750,
				the following definitions apply to OAR 632-030-0005  through
				632-030-0070:
(1) "Affected," as used
			 in ORS
			 517.750(15)(a),
			 means the disturbance by excavation or any other surface mining of any land
			 surface during any stage of mineral production, or the covering of any land
			 surface by surface mining refuse either by intentional placement, slope
			 failure, or deposition of eroded materials.
(2) "Aggregate" means crushed or uncrushed
			 gravel, stone, rock, or sand of a quality typically used in concrete or road
			 construction.
(3) "A Period of 12
			 Consecutive Calendar Months," as used in ORS
			 517.750(15)
			 and these rules, begins on the date surface mining begins.
(4) "Complete Application" means an
			 application that is determined to be complete by the Department that includes
			 the appropriate fee, forms, and site characterization, operational and mine
			 closure details, and other documentation required under this rule
			 division.
(5) "Compliance Order"
			 means an order requiring compliance with an operating permit, reclamation plan,
			 the Mined Land Reclamation Act, or the rules adopted thereunder as provided in
			 ORS
			 517.860 and OAR 632-030-0070.
(6)
			 "Intensification" means a change of permitted mining activity over that
			 approved by the local government that may warrant a reconsideration of the
			 local government land-use decision, such as a significant increase in volume of
			 production inside a mine permit boundary or the act of increasing the permit
			 boundary. Intensification would not include an increase in the bonded area to
			 be mined, within a larger area covered in the original operating
			 permit.
(7) "Limited Exemption
			 Area" means land that is exempt from reclamation requirements under ORS
			 517.770 and OAR 632-030-0017.
(8) "Mined
			 Land Reclamation Act" or "Act" means the statutes codified at ORS
			 517.702 to
			 517.992.
(9) "Permit Area" means the area covered by
			 an operating permit issued by the Department and defined by boundaries
			 submitted on a map acceptable to the Department under OAR 632-030-0015. The
			 permit area is generally a contiguous parcel and may include multiple
			 excavation and/or processing areas. The permit area may include, but is not
			 limited to, haul roads, buffers, setbacks, reclaimed areas, and areas used for
			 the storage or disposition of any mine product or mine waste material from the
			 surface mining operation, even though separate from the area of extraction. The
			 permit area may be redefined by a permit amendment.
(10) "Reclamation in a timely manner" means a
			 schedule of reclamation based on mine progression and may require partial or
			 concurrent reclamation where possible, considering the mine plan and available
			 mineral resources or both. The Department may specify a timeframe within which
			 reclamation must occur to protect adjacent natural resources.
(11) "Substantial Modification" includes an
			 intensification of, or a significant change in, mine operation or reclamation.
			 For example, substantial modification includes mine dewatering if not
			 previously permitted as part of the original mine plan or reclamation plan
			 approval or mine operation activities that render the approved reclamation plan
			 unattainable or infeasible to implement or accomplish.
(12) "Suspension Order" means a written
			 Department order to suspend mining operations issued under ORS
			 517.880 and OAR 632-030-0040.
(13)
			 "Willamette Valley" means Clackamas, Columbia, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk,
			 Washington, and Yamhill counties and the portions of Lane and Benton Counties
			 east of the summit of the Coast Range.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 517
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  517.825