519A.160 - Regulations of Commission.

519A.160  Regulations of Commission.  The Commission shall adopt regulations:

      1.  Establishing reasonable fees, based on the actual cost of administration and enforcement, to be charged by the Division for an application for and the issuance of a permit, the rates of which must be set to differentiate between mining operations located on federal land and those operations on state or private land;

      2.  Consistent with regulations adopted by the United States Bureau of Land Management that are contained in Title 43 of the Code of Federal Regulations and that do not conflict with any provision of this chapter or any other regulation adopted by the Commission pursuant to this section;

      3.  Setting forth the information required in relation to the mining operation and maps of the area for inclusion in the checklist developed pursuant to NRS 519A.220;

      4.  Providing for the holding of reclamation performance bonds or other surety by the State and conditions governing the release and forfeiture of those bonds or other surety;

      5.  Providing for a schedule within which reclamation must be completed;

      6.  Establishing a schedule of civil penalties for the violation of NRS 519A.010 to 519A.280, inclusive;

      7.  Providing for informational filings related to reclamation by small mining operations; and

      8.  Necessary to enable the Division to carry out the provisions of NRS 519A.010 to 519A.280, inclusive, and the regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to this section.

      (Added to NRS by 1989, 1283)

      NRS 519A.170  Fees: Disposition; interest.  All fees collected by the Division pursuant to this chapter, including, without limitation, the fees for an application for and the issuance of a permit, must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the appropriate account of the Division and must be used in the administration of NRS 519A.010 to 519A.280, inclusive. All interest earned on the money credited pursuant to this section must be credited to the account to which the money was credited.

      (Added to NRS by 1989, 1284; A 2003, 347)