(2)(a) In addition to any other sanction authorized by law, and subject to the limitations of paragraph (b) of this subsection, the governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries may impose a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 per day for any violation of ORS 517.702 to 517.740, 517.750 to 517.901 and 517.905 to 517.951, of any rules adopted under those provisions, of any orders issued under those provisions or of any conditions of a permit issued under those provisions.
(b) A penalty may be imposed under this subsection only if a landowner or operator fails to complete erosion stabilization as required by ORS 517.775 or board rules adopted to implement that section, if the operator has failed to comply with an order issued under ORS 517.860 or 517.880, if the operation is being conducted in violation of conditions imposed on an operating permit or reclamation plan pursuant to ORS 517.835 or if the operation is being conducted:
(A) Without a permit;
(B) Outside the permit boundary; or
(C) Outside a permit condition regarding boundaries, setbacks, buffers or the placement of surface mining refuse.
(3) Civil penalties under this section shall be imposed in the manner provided by ORS 183.745.
(4) Failure to pay a civil penalty that has become final under this section shall be grounds for revocation of any permit issued under ORS 517.702 to 517.989 to the person against whom the penalty has been assessed.
(5) Any civil penalty received by the State Treasurer under this section shall be deposited in the General Fund to the credit of the Geology and Mineral Industries Account and is continuously appropriated to the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries to the extent necessary for the administration and enforcement of the laws, rules and orders under which the penalty was assessed.
(6) A reclamation fund shall be established into which funds not used as described in subsection (5) of this section shall be deposited. This money shall be used by the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries for the purpose of the reclamation of abandoned mine and drill sites.
(7) When a single incident violates statutes, rules, board orders or permit conditions administered by more than one agency, the department shall coordinate with the other agencies having civil penalty authority before imposing a civil penalty.
(8) In implementing this section, the department shall adopt rules that provide civil penalties that are commensurate with the severity of violations.
(9) A civil penalty may be imposed against the board of directors and high managerial agents of a corporation if those persons engage in, authorize, solicit, request, command or knowingly tolerate the conduct for which the penalty is to be imposed. As used in this subsection, "agent" and "high managerial agent" have the meanings given those terms in ORS 161.170. [1991 c.735 §24c; 1993 c.341 §1; 1997 c.183 §4; 2001 c.262 §1; 2003 c.470 §3; 2007 c.318 §14; 2013 c.371 §26]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources
Chapter 517 - Mining and Mining Claims
Section 517.005 - Legislative findings.
Section 517.010 - Location of mining claims upon veins or lodes.
Section 517.044 - Location of claims upon placer deposits; posting notice.
Section 517.046 - Marking boundaries of claim or locating by legal subdivisions.
Section 517.065 - Effect of noncompliance with law in locating claim.
Section 517.120 - Definitions for ORS 517.120 to 517.133.
Section 517.123 - Legislative findings.
Section 517.125 - Rules to be adopted in consultation with affected parties.
Section 517.128 - Restricting access to open mining area or mining claim prohibited.
Section 517.130 - Mineral trespass.
Section 517.133 - Interfering with a mining operation.
Section 517.135 - Exemption from crimes of mineral trespass and interfering with a mining operation.
Section 517.160 - Location of nonmineral land as millsite; notice; fee.
Section 517.180 - Procedure for extinguishing dormant mineral interest.
Section 517.210 - Recording affidavit of annual compliance.
Section 517.430 - Use of timber by lessee.
Section 517.702 - Legislative findings.
Section 517.715 - Exemptions from permit requirement.
Section 517.725 - Department inspection of exploration site.
Section 517.730 - Drill hole or well abandonment; rules.
Section 517.750 - Definitions for ORS 517.702 to 517.989.
Section 517.755 - Mining operations affecting more than five acres.
Section 517.770 - Exemptions from reclamation requirements.
Section 517.780 - Effect on county zoning laws or ordinances; rules; certain operations exempt.
Section 517.795 - Department to consult with and cooperate with other agencies.
Section 517.797 - Memorandum of agreement with Department of State Lands regarding permitting.
Section 517.800 - Fees; rules; annual report.
Section 517.810 - Requirement for bond or security; rules; other security in lieu of bond.
Section 517.813 - Reclamation Guarantee Fund.
Section 517.815 - Reclamation bond pooling program; requirements; rules.
Section 517.825 - Mining aggregate on high-value farmland; requirements; rules.
Section 517.832 - Emergency operating permit; rules.
Section 517.833 - Transfer of operating permit; rules.
Section 517.834 - Temporary operating permit; rules.
Section 517.836 - Surveying or marking surface mining operations; rules.
Section 517.840 - Administration and enforcement of ORS 517.702 to 517.989; rules.
Section 517.855 - Disruption of portion of mining property preserved from mining.
Section 517.862 - Revocation, termination or refusal to renew operating permit.
Section 517.905 - Applicability of ORS 517.910 to 517.989 and 517.910 to 517.951.
Section 517.910 - Definitions for ORS 517.910 to 517.989.
Section 517.951 - Legislative intent not to assume exclusive jurisdiction.
Section 517.952 - Definitions for ORS 517.952 to 517.989.
Section 517.956 - Requirements for mining operations; rules.
Section 517.963 - Department duties upon receipt of notice of intent.
Section 517.965 - Project coordinating committee.
Section 517.967 - Technical review team.
Section 517.971 - Consolidated application.
Section 517.973 - Fees; payment of expenses of department and permitting and cooperating agencies.
Section 517.978 - Review of application; additional information.
Section 517.982 - Final permits; permit conditions submitted by cooperating agencies.
Section 517.983 - Consolidated contested case hearing; judicial review; stay of permit.
Section 517.984 - Modification of permit; project coordinating committee.
Section 517.989 - Rules applicable to consolidated application.