Subdivision 1. Annual permit to mine fee. (a) The commissioner shall charge every person holding a permit to mine an annual permit fee. The fee is payable to the commissioner by June 30 of each year, beginning in 2009.
(b) The annual permit to mine fee for a taconite mining operation is $60,000 if the operation had production within the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which payment is due and $30,000 if there was no production within the immediately preceding calendar year.
(c) The annual permit to mine fee for a nonferrous metallic minerals mining operation is $75,000 if the operation had production within the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which payment is due and $37,500 if there was no production within the immediately preceding calendar year.
(d) The annual permit to mine fee for a scram mining operation is $5,000 if the operation had production within the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which payment is due and $2,500 if there was no production within the immediately preceding calendar year.
(e) The annual permit to mine fee for a peat mining operation is $1,000 if the operation had production within the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which payment is due and $500 if there was no production within the immediately preceding calendar year.
Subd. 2. Supplemental application fee for taconite and nonferrous metallic minerals mining operation. (a) In addition to the application fee specified in section 93.481, the commissioner shall assess a person submitting an application for a permit to mine for a taconite or a nonferrous metallic minerals mining operation the reasonable costs for reviewing the application and preparing the permit to mine. For nonferrous metallic minerals mining, the commissioner shall assess reasonable costs for monitoring construction of the mining facilities.
(b) The commissioner must give the applicant an estimate of the supplemental application fee under this subdivision. The estimate must include a brief description of the tasks to be performed and the estimated cost of each task. The application fee under section 93.481 must be subtracted from the estimate of costs to determine the supplemental application fee.
(c) The applicant and the commissioner shall enter into a written agreement to cover the estimated costs to be incurred by the commissioner.
(d) The commissioner shall not issue the permit to mine until the applicant has paid all fees in full. Upon completion of construction of a nonferrous metallic minerals facility, the commissioner shall refund the unobligated balance of the monitoring fee revenue.
Subd. 3. [Never effective, 2009 c 88 art 12 s 23]
2009 c 37 art 1 s 31
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals
Section 93.001 — Policy For Mineral Development.
Section 93.0015 — Mineral Coordinating Committee.
Section 93.003 — Iron Mining; Conditions.
Section 93.01 — Reservation Of Minerals And Water Powers.
Section 93.02 — Instruments Transferring Interest; Reservation.
Section 93.03 — Patent Under Land Grant To Railroad; Reservation.
Section 93.04 — Disposition Of Minerals Reserved.
Section 93.05 — Holder Of Lease.
Section 93.055 — Action To Quiet Title To Lands Covered By Mineral Lease.
Section 93.06 — Reservation Of Minerals Under Navigable Lakes.
Section 93.14 — Leases To Prospect For Ores.
Section 93.15 — Mining Units; Designation.
Section 93.16 — Leases; Sale And Notice.
Section 93.17 — Application For Leases; Bids; Awards.
Section 93.171 — Eligibility And Performance.
Section 93.1925 — Negotiated Leases.
Section 93.193 — Taconite Iron Ore Mining Lease; Extension.
Section 93.20 — Form Of Lease; Required Content; Modification.
Section 93.201 — Royalties For Taconite Concentrates.
Section 93.21 — Execution Of Lease.
Section 93.22 — Disposition Of Payments.
Section 93.222 — Taconite Iron Ore Special Advance Royalty Account.
Section 93.2235 — Taconite Mining Grants; Appropriations.
Section 93.2236 — Minerals Management Account.
Section 93.245 — Mining Minerals Other Than Iron Ore.
Section 93.25 — Ores Other Than Iron; Leases.
Section 93.26 — Leases To Be Filed.
Section 93.27 — Assignments, Agreements, Or Contracts Affecting Leases; Filing.
Section 93.28 — Approval Of Instruments.
Section 93.285 — Stockpiled Iron Ore.
Section 93.33 — Leasing Surface Of Land.
Section 93.335 — Lands Held In Trust; Mineral Rights Only; Mineral Rights Acquired Under Tax Laws.
Section 93.34 — Draining Public Waters.
Section 93.41 — State-owned Iron-bearing Materials.
Section 93.43 — Leases To Nonferrous Metallic Minerals Producers.
Section 93.44 — Declaration Of Policy.
Section 93.45 — Iron Range Trail.
Section 93.461 — Peat Included In Mine Land Reclamation.
Section 93.47 — Duties And Authority Of Commissioner.
Section 93.481 — Permit To Mine.
Section 93.482 — Reclamation Fees.
Section 93.483 — Contested Case.
Section 93.49 — Financial Assurance Of Operator.
Section 93.51 — Penalties For Violation.
Section 93.515 — Oil And Gas Wells; Rules Relating To Spacing, Pooling, And Unitization.
Section 93.52 — Ownership Of Severed Mineral Interests.
Section 93.55 — Forfeiture Of Severed Mineral Interest.
Section 93.551 — Validation Of Certain Statements; Correction Of Certain Errors.