295.65 Successors.
(1) When one operator succeeds to the interest of another in an uncompleted mining operation by sale, assignment, lease, or otherwise, the department shall release the first operator from the duties imposed upon the first operator by this subchapter as to the mining operation and transfer the mining permit and any approvals under ss. 295.60, 295.605, and 295.61 to the successor operator if all of the following apply:
(a) The successor operator agrees to comply with the requirements of this subchapter.
(b) The successor operator discloses whether it has forfeited any performance security because of noncompliance with any mining laws within the previous 10 years, posts any bond or other security required under s. 295.59, and assumes all responsibilities of all applicable approvals granted to the predecessor operator.
(2) The department is not required to prepare an environmental impact statement or an environmental assessment for the purposes of this section.
History: 2013 a. 1.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 295 - Nonmetallic mining reclamation; oil and gas; ferrous metallic mining.
295.12 - Nonmetallic mining reclamation rules.
295.13 - Mandatory enactment and administration of ordinance by counties.
295.14 - Authority to enact and administer ordinance.
295.16 - Applicability of nonmetallic mining reclamation requirements.
295.19 - Enforcement; remedies; penalties.
295.20 - Preservation of marketable nonmetallic mineral deposits.
295.31 - Definitions; oil and gas.
295.33 - Oil and gas exploration and production.
295.35 - Departmental powers and duties; oil and gas.
295.37 - Penalties; oil and gas.
295.40 - Legislative findings.
295.43 - Responsibilities related to mining.
295.443 - Local impact committee; local agreement.
295.46 - Preapplication description.
295.465 - Preapplication notification.
295.47 - Application for mining permit.
295.51 - Mining waste site location criteria; feasibility study, and plan of operation.
295.53 - Environmental impact statement.
295.57 - Application procedure.
295.58 - Mining; department grant or denial of permit.
295.59 - Bonds and other security.
295.605 - Impacts to navigable waters.
295.607 - Shoreland and floodplain zoning.
295.61 - Withdrawals of surface waters and groundwater.
295.62 - Mining waste site construction and completion reports.
295.63 - Modifications; reporting.
295.635 - Required mining waste site inspections, record keeping, reporting, and responses.
295.64 - Mining site monitoring; general.
295.643 - Mining waste site monitoring.
295.645 - Groundwater quality, monitoring, and response.
295.66 - Cessation of mining or reclamation.
295.67 - Determination of abandonment of mining.
295.68 - Certificates of completion and release of security.
295.69 - Termination of proof of financial responsibility for long-term care of mining waste site.
295.695 - Inspections by the department.
295.75 - Effect of other laws.