45-6-65. License required--Compliance with requirements--Fee.
An operator shall obtain a license to mine for sand, gravel, rock to be crushed and used in construction, pegmatite minerals or for limestone, iron ore, sand, gypsum, shale, pozzolan, or other materials used in the process of making cement or lime. The operator shall comply with the requirements of §§45-6-68, 45-6-69, 45-6-71, and 45-6-72 for each site to be mined. Failure to comply with these requirements for each site mined constitutes mining without a valid license.
The fee for the license is an annual fee of one hundred dollars for each individual mine site authorized under the license, which shall be deposited in the environment and natural resources fee fund established in §1-41-23 by the department.
Source: SL 1983, ch 308, §3; SL 1988, ch 357, §2; SL 1988, ch 358, §2; SL 1990, ch 354, §3; SL 1993, ch 331; SL 1993, ch 333, §3; SL 1994, ch 23, §10; SL 1997, ch 226, §1; SL 2009, ch 13, §3; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), §§14, 53, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 45 - Mining, Oil and Gas
Chapter 06 - Sand, Gravel And Construction Aggregate Mining
Section 45-6-64 - Sand, gravel and construction aggregate mining--Definitions.
Section 45-6-65 - License required--Compliance with requirements--Fee.
Section 45-6-66 - Governmental units exempt from fee and security requirements.
Section 45-6-67 - Operating and reclamation standards.
Section 45-6-67.1 - Reclamation by owner--Time limit--Extension--Forfeiture of surety.
Section 45-6-68 - Publication of notice of mine operation--Contents.
Section 45-6-69 - Notice of operation to public agencies--Contents--Time required.
Section 45-6-70 - Emergency waiver of notice requirements.
Section 45-6-71 - Security required--Amount--Conditions--Alternatives.
Section 45-6-72 - Annual fee and report.
Section 45-6-73 - Operation without license as misdemeanor.
Section 45-6-74 - Revocation of license.
Section 45-6-75 - Appeal to board from revocation or denial of license.
Section 45-6-77 - Exemption of extraction for personal use.
Section 45-6-79 - Filing request for temporary cessation--Contents.