No person may commence preparatory work until the operator shall have first obtained from the department a mine-site location permit for a new strip mine or a new underground mine or a permit under part 2 of this chapter, if the application for such permit includes an appropriate long-range mining plan acceptable to the department.
Mont. Code Ann. § 82-4-121
Permit required
Known as the The Strip and Underground Mine Siting Act
The act spans §§ 82–82 (22 sections).
En. 50-1606 by Sec. 6, Ch. 280, L. 1974; amd
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