Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 100-199 - Environmental Protection - General › Chapter NR 131 - Nonferrous Metallic Mineral Prospecting › Section NR 131.119 - Reporting and prospecting permit review

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) ANNUAL REPORT.
				By January 31 of each year, an operator shall submit an annual report to the
				department summarizing the extent of prospecting, the extent of reclamation
				activities, and other activities conducted at the prospecting site in the
				preceding calendar year. The operator shall provide the department with a
				quantity of paper copies specified by the department and shall provide a
				complete electronic version in a format specified by the department. The annual
				report shall include text, maps, tabular summaries and graphics as appropriate,
				documenting all of the following:
(a) A
				summary of all prospecting completed at the prospecting site during the year,
				including the extent of additional surface disturbance during the year and
				total acres of disturbed area on the prospecting site.
(b) The volume of material removed,
				stockpiled, or disposed of on the prospecting site including mining wastes by
				category, topsoil, and non-prospecting solid waste.
(c) A summary of reclamation activities
				including temporary and permanent reclamation and ongoing site maintenance
				activities that were completed during the year, including, as applicable, a
				summary of reclamation monitoring results, an evaluation of completed
				reclamation as related to the reclamation success criteria specified in the
				approved reclamation plan, an assessment of the effectiveness of specific
				reclamation activities conducted that year and recommendations for changes to
				specific reclamation protocols to consider for future work.
(d) A summary of prospecting site dewatering
				statistics including monthly pumping totals, if applicable.
(e) A summary of water treatment activities,
				if applicable, including monthly totals of water treated and
				discharged.
(f) A summary of any
				incidents and related responses concerning spills, pond overflows, embankment
				failures or leakage, liner failures, pipeline failures or leaks, or other
				unforeseen environmental releases that occurred at the prospecting
				site.
(g) A summary of any plan or
				permit modifications and any deviations from approved plans not subject to a
				modification.
(h) A summary of
				environmental monitoring activities and results required under the approved
				monitoring plan, including an analysis of the data to determine the development
				of any observable trends and a comparison of the data to background values and
				predicted values, if predictive modeling or similar analyses were conducted as
				part of the prospecting permit review process.
(i) A discussion of the extent of additional
				surface disturbance to be expected by the end of the next calendar year
				including estimates of the volumes of topsoil, ore, mining waste, merchantable
				by-products, and other materials to be removed.
(j) An assessment of the adequacy of the
				amount of the financial surety posted under s. NR 131.116(1) considering the
				anticipated condition of the prospecting site at the end of the next calendar
				year, applicable provisions of the approved reclamation plan, any changes in
				reclamation costs or changes in state, federal or local regulatory requirements
				applicable to the prospecting operation. This analysis shall clearly identify
				the amount of financial security necessary to fulfill the reclamation plan
				relative to the prospecting site as it is projected to exist at the end of the
				calendar year.