17.24.1142    DESIGNATION OF LANDS UNSUITABLE: EXEMPTIONS

The requirements of ARM 17.24.1141 through 17.24.1148 do not apply to:

(1) lands on which strip or underground coal mining operations were being conducted on August 3, 1977;

(2) lands covered by a permit issued under the Act; or

(3) lands where substantial legal and financial commitments in strip or underground coal mining operations were in existence prior to January 4, 1977.

History: 82-4-204, 82-4-205, MCA; IMP, 82-4-227, MCA; NEW, 1980 MAR p. 725, Eff. 4/1/80; AMD, 1989 MAR p. 30, Eff. 1/13/89; TRANS, from DSL, 1996 MAR p. 3042.