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Code · Michigan · Chapter 324 — Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

324.63517 Renewal of permit.

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324.63517 Renewal of permit.
Sec. 63517.
(1)A permit issued pursuant to this part includes the right of successive renewal on expiration with respect to areas within the boundaries of the existing permit. The permittee may apply for renewal and except as provided in subsection
(2)the renewal shall be issued.
(2)A permit shall not be renewed if, after a hearing conducted pursuant to section 63523, it is established and the department makes written findings that any of the following conditions exist:
(a)The terms and conditions of the existing permit are not being satisfactorily met by the permittee.
(b)The present surface coal mining and reclamation operation is not in compliance with the environmental protection standards of this part and the approved state plan or federal program pursuant to the surface coal mining and reclamation act of 1977.
(c)The renewal requested substantially jeopardizes the operator's continuing responsibility for reclamation established under this part on existing permit areas.
(d)The operator has not provided evidence that the performance bond in effect for the operation or any additional bond the department might require pursuant to section 63529 will continue in full force and effect for the renewal requested in the application.
(e)Additional revised or updated information required by the department by rule has not been provided by the permittee.
(3)Before the renewal of a permit, the department shall provide notice to the appropriate persons, local units of government, and interested parties.
(4)If an application for renewal of an existing permit includes a proposal to extend the mining operation beyond the boundaries authorized in the existing permit, the portion of the application that addresses new land areas is subject to the full standards applicable to a new application under this part.
(5)A permit renewal shall be for a term not to exceed the period of the existing permit established by this part. Application for permit renewal shall be made at least 120 days before the expiration of the existing permit.
History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Popular Name: Act 451
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