207.3 - MINING LICENSE.
207.3 MINING LICENSE.
1. A person shall not engage in a surface coal mining operation
without first obtaining a license from the division. Licenses shall
be issued upon application submitted on a form provided by the
division and accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars. An applicant
shall furnish on the form information necessary to identify the
applicant. Licenses expire on December 31 following the date of
issuance and shall be renewed by the division upon application
submitted within thirty days prior to the expiration date and
accompanied by a fee of ten dollars.
2. The division may, after notification to the committee,
commence proceedings to suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license
of a licensee for repeated or willful violation of any of the
provisions of this chapter or of the federal Coal Mine Health and
Safety Act of 1969.
3. The hearing shall be held pursuant to chapter 17A not less
than fifteen nor more than thirty days after the mailing or service
of the notice. If the licensee is found to have willfully or
repeatedly violated any of the provisions of this chapter or of the
federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, the committee may
affirm or modify the proposed suspension, revocation, or refusal to
renew the license.
4. Suspension or revocation of a license shall become effective
thirty days after the mailing or service of the decision to the
licensee. If the committee finds the license should not be renewed,
the renewal fee shall be refunded and the license shall expire on the
expiration date or thirty days after mailing or service of the
decision to the licensee, whichever is later. Section History: Early Form
[C79, § 83A.12(1); C81, § 83.3] Section History: Recent Form
C93, § 207.3