| State |
Is a Performance Bond Required? |
If so, What Areas Are Required to be Bonded (i.e. Entire Permit Area; Proposed Affected Area; Haul Roads; Processing or Stockpile Areas)? |
|
AL |
Y |
Proposed affected area, spoil areas, processing & stockpile areas. |
|
AR |
Y |
Proposed affected area including haul roads, processing & stockpile areas. |
|
AZ |
Y |
Reclamation - all disturbed areas. Aquifer Protection Permit - all areas. |
|
CA |
Y |
Bond covers cost of closing features such as tailing ponds, heap leach residue & water quality monitoring. SMARA: all surface disturbances. |
|
CO |
Y |
Any type of mine related disturbance, including all but permit area listed above. |
|
GA |
Y |
All areas affected by mining. |
|
IL |
Y |
Mining & spoil areas; haul roads. |
|
IN |
Y |
Entire permit area. |
|
IA |
Y |
Proposed affected area; stockpile areas. |
|
KS |
Y |
Mined area & overburden storage areas. |
|
KY |
Y |
Performance bond required if no compliance record established or has an unacceptable record & if it is a temporary operation. |
|
ME |
Y |
All disturbed areas -- reclamation; closure & post-closure care at mine waste units; clean-up & corrective action cost of releases (pollutants) to the environment. |
|
MD |
Y |
Entire permit area = affected land. |
|
MS |
Y |
Permit area, which includes haul roads. |
|
MO |
Y |
Entire permit area. (Same for all commodities: $8,000 minimum; $500/acre for each acre over 8.) |
|
NV |
Y |
Proposed affected area; haul roads; processing & stockpile areas. |
|
NJ |
N |
At municipal level only. |
|
NM |
Y |
Any disturbance within a permit area including: entire permit area, proposed affected area, haul roads, processing areas, and stockpile areas. |
|
NY |
Y |
Everything except auxiliary buildings i.e. offices, manufacturers. |
|
NC |
Y |
Area currently affected at the site & all areas to be affected as shown on the approved mine plan. These include tailings/settling ponds, waste piles, stockpiles, processing areas, haul roads & mine excavations. |
|
OH |
Y |
Areas affected & proposed to be affected by mining or areas that facilitate mining (e.g. drainage relocation, some haul roads). |
|
OK |
Y |
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|
OR |
Y |
Actual cost of reclamation; Dio. 37 (chemical process) - actual cost of reclamation & environmental contingency bond. |
|
PA |
Y |
Any proposed affected areas (e.g. pit area, haul roads, overburden storage, topsoil storage, processing area). |
|
SC |
Y |
Proposed affected area, haul roads, processing & stockpile areas. |
|
SD |
Y |
All acres to be affected. |
|
TN |
Y |
Entire permit area. |
|
TX |
Y |
Proposed affected area. |
|
VA |
Y |
Areas are bonded prior to disturbance. Bonded areas include mine pits, roads, sediment ponds, waste & overburden areas & on site processing areas including stockpiles. |
|
WA |
Y |
All areas disturbed & related to mining. |
|
WV |
Y |
All listed above (except for limestone, sandstone & sand, which are exempt from bonding (= most sites in WV)). |
|
WI |
Y |
All disturbed areas. |
|
WY |
Y |
Entire permit area. |
