NEWFOUNDLAND
AND
LABRADOR
REGULATION 41/00
Small Scale Operations Regulations
under the
Mining Act
(O.C. 2000-228)
(Filed
June 22, 2000
)
Under the authority of section 17 of the Mining
Act
, the Lieutenant Governor in Council makes the following regulations.
Dated at
St. Johns
,
June 9, 2000
.
John R. Cummings, Q.C.
Clerk of the Executive Council
REGULATIONS
Analysis
Short title
1.
These Regulations may be cited as the Small Scale Operations Regulations
.
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Definitions
2.
In this Act,
(a)
"Act" means the Mining Act;
and
(a)
"guidelines" means the guidelines made by the minister under the Act and regulations.
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Criteria prescribed
3.
The minister may, upon application, designate an operation as a small scale operation based on the ministers consideration of
(a)
the nature of the materials mined or milled;
(b)
the location of operation with respect to surface or underground mining;
(c)
whether the operation requires a tailings impoundment area;
(d)
the total volume or tonnage produced by the operation;
(e)
the size of the area the operation affects; and
(f)
those other particulars that may be described by the minister in the guidelines to the Act.
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