Alaska Statutes
Title 27. Mining

Sec. 27.05.050. Survey of resources and mining operations and dissemination of information. - The department shall conduct a continuing survey of the mineral...

Sec. 27.05.060. Annual report. - The department shall make an annual report to the governor...

Sec. 27.05.070. Assistance to miners and prospectors. - The department shall, so far as practicable, throughout the state...

Article 2. Assays.

Sec. 27.05.080. Public assay offices. - The department shall, for the purpose of aiding bona fide...

Sec. 27.05.090. Appointment of assayers; information and procedure. - The department shall appoint for each public assay office a...

Chapter 08. Interstate Mining Compact

Sec. 27.08.010. Compact enacted. - The Interstate Mining Compact contained in this section is enacted...

Sec. 27.08.020. Alternate. - The governor may designate the commissioner of natural resources as...

Sec. 27.08.030. Compact bylaws. - In accordance with art. V(i) of the compact, the Interstate...

Chapter 09. Mining Loan Fund

Sec. 27.09.010. Mining loan fund. - (a) There is established in the Department of Commerce, Community,...

Sec. 27.09.015. Special account established. - (a) There is established as a special account within the...

Sec. 27.09.020. Eligibility. - (a) The department may make loans under this chapter to...

Sec. 27.09.030. Operating plan. - (a) A person who requests a loan under AS 27.09.010...

Sec. 27.09.040. Loan terms. - (a) A loan granted under this chapter (1) may not...

Sec. 27.09.045. Refinancing. - The department may refinance a loan under this chapter by...

Sec. 27.09.050. Regulations. - The department may adopt regulations necessary to carry out the...

Sec. 27.09.055. Disposal of property acquired by default or foreclosure. - The department shall dispose of property acquired through default or...

Sec. 27.09.060. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “advanced mineral exploration” means the investigation...

Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain

Article 1. Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain Generally.

Sec. 27.10.010. Claims to be located as prescribed by law. - A person who discovers upon the public domain in the...

Sec. 27.10.020. Grubstake contracts to be in writing and recorded. - All contracts commonly known as “grubstaking,” except as between the...

Sec. 27.10.030. Manner of designating a lode claim location. - The discoverer of a lode claim shall designate the location...

Sec. 27.10.040. Manner of designating a placer claim location. - The discoverer of a placer claim shall designate the location...

Sec. 27.10.050. Certificate of location to be recorded. - The locator of a lode claim or placer claim shall...

Sec. 27.10.060. Effect of failure to record. - Failure to record the certificate of location within the required...

Sec. 27.10.070. Changes in locations and amended notices. - Notices may be amended at any time and monuments changed...

Article 2. Placer Claims on Federal Public Domain.

Sec. 27.10.090. Sections applicable to precious-metal placers only. - AS 27.10.100 - 27.10.140 apply only to placer deposits containing...

Sec. 27.10.100. Limits on size of individual placer claims. - The unit of placer locations in the state is 20...

Sec. 27.10.130. Value of labor or improvements required on placer claims. - Upon each placer mining claim located after March 14, 1935,...

Sec. 27.10.140. Location in violation of AS 27.10.090 - 27.10.140 is void. - A placer mining claim attempted to be located in violation...

Article 3. Annual Labor or Improvements.

Sec. 27.10.150. Annual labor or improvements required. - (a) During each year beginning at noon on September 1,...

Sec. 27.10.160. Affidavit of labor or improvements. - Within 90 days after September 1 of each year the...

Sec. 27.10.170. Effect of recording affidavit of labor or improvements. - An affidavit recorded under AS 27.10.160 is prima facie evidence...

Sec. 27.10.180. Notice to co-owners to contribute to cost of annual labor or improvements and forfeiture for failure to contribute. - If one of several co-owners fails to contribute the proportion...

Sec. 27.10.190. Recording the notice to contribute and affidavits. - (a) Within 120 days after personal service or within 120...

Sec. 27.10.200. Lienholder may perform the annual labor. - A person who holds a claim to or lien upon...

Sec. 27.10.210. Lien for performance of annual labor. - (a) The person performing or causing to be performed annual...

Sec. 27.10.220. Lien for annual labor is independent of other liens. - The lien given for the performance of annual labor by...

Sec. 27.10.230. Surveys may qualify as annual labor. - The term “labor” where used in AS 27.10.130 and 27.10.150...

Sec. 27.10.240. Definitions for AS 27.10.230. - In AS 27.10.230, (1) “geochemical surveys” means surveys on the...

Chapter 19. Reclamation

Sec. 27.19.010. Administration; applicability. - (a) The commissioner of natural resources shall implement this chapter....

Sec. 27.19.020. Reclamation standard. - A mining operation shall be conducted in a manner that...

Sec. 27.19.030. Reclamation plan. - (a) Except as provided in AS 27.19.050, a miner may...

Sec. 27.19.040. Reclamation financial assurance. - (a) The commissioner shall require an individual financial assurance in...

Sec. 27.19.050. Exemption for small operations. - (a) AS 27.19.030(a) and 27.19.040 do not apply to a...

Sec. 27.19.060. Cooperative management agreements. - The commissioner, on a determination that an agreement is in...

Sec. 27.19.070. Violations. - (a) A miner who violates or permits a violation of...

Sec. 27.19.080. Administrative Procedure Act; regulations. - (a) Except as provided in AS 44.37.011, AS 44.62 (Administrative...

Sec. 27.19.100. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “lode mine” means a mining operation...

Chapter 20. Mine Operation

Sec. 27.20.005. Purposes. - This chapter is intended to provide uniform safety standards for...

Sec. 27.20.010. Regulations. - (a) The commissioner may adopt the regulations and issue the...

Sec. 27.20.021. Inspection of mining operations. - The department may enter, inspect, and examine any mining operations...

Sec. 27.20.031. Correcting unsafe conditions. - If, upon examination, a mine or a portion of it...

Sec. 27.20.041. Reports to be confidential. - The department shall keep confidential, upon the request of the...

Sec. 27.20.051. Penalties. - A person who fails to comply with this chapter or...

Sec. 27.20.061. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “department” means the Department of Natural...

Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act

Article 1. Legislative Findings and Purpose.

Sec. 27.21.010. Findings and declaration of purpose. - (a) The legislature finds and declares that (1) the Congress...

Article 2. Surface Coal Mining.

Sec. 27.21.020. Jurisdiction. - The commissioner of natural resources has exclusive jurisdiction over surface...

Sec. 27.21.030. General powers. - To accomplish the purposes of this chapter, the commissioner may...

Sec. 27.21.040. Provisions of regulations and permits. - The provisions of a regulation adopted or a permit issued...

Sec. 27.21.050. Conflict of interest. - An employee of the department or a private contractor performing...

Sec. 27.21.060. Permits. - (a) Beginning eight months after May 2, 1983, a person...

Sec. 27.21.070. Term of permit. - (a) Permits will be issued for a term of five...

Sec. 27.21.080. Renewal of permit. - (a) A permit issued under this chapter includes the right...

Sec. 27.21.090. Application fee. - An application for a new permit, permit renewal, or transfer...

Sec. 27.21.100. Public information and inspection. - (a) An applicant for a permit shall file a copy...

Sec. 27.21.110. Contents of application. - The commissioner shall adopt regulations relating to the contents of...

Sec. 27.21.120. Small operator assistance. - (a) The provisions of this section apply when the commissioner...

Sec. 27.21.130. Public notice of application. - At the time an applicant submits an application for a...

Sec. 27.21.140. Objection to application; informal conference. - (a) A person who is or may be adversely affected...

Sec. 27.21.150. Hearings. - (a) Within 30 days after an applicant is notified under...

Sec. 27.21.160. Performance bond; exceptions. - (a) Except as provided in (c) and (g) of this...

Sec. 27.21.170. Request and release of performance bonds or deposits. - (a) A permittee may file a request with the commissioner...

Sec. 27.21.180. Application approval or denial. - (a) Within 120 days after receipt of a complete application...

Sec. 27.21.190. Revision and transfer of permit. - (a) During the term of a permit, the permittee may...

Sec. 27.21.200. Coal exploration permits. - (a) A person may conduct coal exploration activities that substantially...

Sec. 27.21.210. Performance standards. - The commissioner shall adopt regulations consistent with the environmental performance...

Sec. 27.21.220. Surface effects of underground coal mining. - (a) The provisions of this chapter apply to the surface...

Sec. 27.21.230. Inspections and monitoring. - (a) The commissioner shall provide for an inspection of a...

Sec. 27.21.240. Enforcement. - (a) If, on the basis of an inspection under AS...

Sec. 27.21.250. Penalties. - (a) The commissioner may assess a civil penalty against a...

Sec. 27.21.260. Areas unsuitable for surface coal mining. - (a) The commissioner shall use competent and scientifically sound data...

Article 3. Abandoned Mines.

Sec. 27.21.270. Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund. - The commissioner may take the actions necessary to ensure state...

Sec. 27.21.280. Eligible land and water. - Land and water eligible for reclamation or drainage abatement expenditures...

Sec. 27.21.290. Entry onto abandoned mine area. - (a) The commissioner may enter real property that has been...

Sec. 27.21.300. Acquisition of abandoned mine areas. - (a) The commissioner may, by purchase, donation, or condemnation in...

Sec. 27.21.310. Liens on abandoned mine areas. - (a) Within six months after the completion of a project...

Sec. 27.21.320. Filling voids and sealing tunnels. - The commissioner may authorize the filling of voids, sealing open...

Sec. 27.21.330. Emergency powers in abandoned mine areas. - (a) In emergency situations the commissioner may use money available...

Sec. 27.21.340. Miscellaneous powers regarding abandoned mine lands. - (a) The commissioner may request the attorney general to initiate,...

Article 4. General Provisions.

Sec. 27.21.900. Mining by government agencies. - A federal, state, or municipal government agency, including a publicly...

Sec. 27.21.910. Exemptions. - The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the...

Sec. 27.21.920. Experimental practices. - In order to encourage advances in mining and reclamation practices,...

Sec. 27.21.930. Water rights and replacement. - (a) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to affect...

Sec. 27.21.940. Certification of blasters. - The commissioner shall adopt regulations requiring the training, examination, and...

Sec. 27.21.950. Civil actions. - (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a...

Sec. 27.21.960. Inconsistencies with federal act. - (a) A provision of this chapter that is inconsistent with...

Sec. 27.21.970. Relationship to other laws. - (a) Nothing in this chapter abrogates or modifies the power...

Sec. 27.21.975. Severability. - If any provision of this chapter or the applicability of...

Sec. 27.21.980. Administrative Procedure Act. - Unless otherwise provided in AS 44.37.011 or other law, AS...

Sec. 27.21.998. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “alluvial valley floors” means the unconsolidated...

Sec. 27.21.999. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the Alaska Surface Coal...

Chapter 22. Bonus for Discovery and Production

Sec. 27.22.010. Discovery and production bonus. - (a) To stimulate prospecting for, discovery of, and production from...

Sec. 27.22.020. Amount of production. - The bonus will be paid, not for discovery alone, but...

Sec. 27.22.030. Eligibility to claim bonus. - A person of legal age and a citizen of the...

Sec. 27.22.040. Nature of bonus. - (a) A bonus will be paid only once for production...

Sec. 27.22.050. Notice of discovery and production; action of the commissioner. - (a) Notice of the discovery of a mineral deposit and...

Sec. 27.22.060. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of natural...

Chapter 30. Exploration Incentive Credits

Sec. 27.30.010. Exploration incentive credits authorized. - (a) The commissioner shall grant to a person described in...

Sec. 27.30.020. Procedure for requesting and taking the credit. - To obtain the credit authorized by this chapter, (1) a...

Sec. 27.30.025. Conditional certification. - (a) A person may submit a request for conditional certification...

Sec. 27.30.030. Application of the credit. - (a) In a tax year or royalty payment period, subject...

Sec. 27.30.040. Credit may be carried forward. - Except as its application is limited by AS 27.30.030 and...

Sec. 27.30.050. Limit on application of credit. - An exploration incentive credit for a mining operation may not...

Sec. 27.30.060. Assignment of credit. - A person may assign an exploration incentive credit to the...

Sec. 27.30.070. Responsibility for record of use of credit. - For each mining operation, the commissioner may require each person...

Sec. 27.30.080. Relationship to other funds. - Amounts due the permanent fund under AS 37.13.010 shall be...

Sec. 27.30.090. Confidentiality of data. - (a) The commissioner shall keep the exploration activity data provided...

Sec. 27.30.095. Fees. - The commissioner may charge a fee for the direct costs...

Sec. 27.30.099. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “credit” means the exploration incentive credit...

Chapter 40. General Provisions

Sec. 27.40.010. Definitions. - In this title, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “commissioner”...

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