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2017 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 12 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources
Chapter 517 - Mining and Mining Claims
GENERAL PROVISIONS
MINING CLAIMS
- Section 517.010 - Location of mining claims upon veins or lodes.
- Section 517.020 [Repealed by 1971 c.228 §1]
- Section 517.030 - Recording copy of location notice; fee.
- Section 517.040 - Abandoned claims.
- Section 517.042 - "Legal subdivision" defined for ORS 517.042 to 517.052.
- Section 517.044 - Location of claims upon placer deposits; posting notice.
- Section 517.046 - Marking boundaries of claim or locating by legal subdivisions.
- Section 517.048 [1961 c.525 §4; repealed by 1971 c.228 §1]
- Section 517.050
- Section 517.052 - Recording copy of location notice; fee.
- Section 517.060 - Correcting defective notice of location.
- Section 517.065 - Effect of noncompliance with law in locating claim.
- Section 517.070 - Certain locations subject to prior rights.
- Section 517.080 - Mining claims as realty.
- Section 517.090 - Application to claims of law governing transfers and mortgages of realty.
- Section 517.100 - Sums payable on redemption of claim; interest.
- Section 517.110 - Grubstaking contracts.
- Section 517.120 - Definitions for ORS 517.120 to 517.133.
- Section 517.123 - Legislative findings.
- Section 517.125 - Rules to be adopted in consultation with affected parties.
- Section 517.128 - Restricting access to open mining area or mining claim prohibited.
- Section 517.130 - Mineral trespass.
- Section 517.133 - Interfering with a mining operation.
- Section 517.135 - Exemption from crimes of mineral trespass and interfering with a mining operation.
- Section 517.210 - Recording affidavit of annual compliance.
- Section 517.220 - Affidavit or lack thereof as evidence; recording fee.
- Section 517.230 - Performance of assessment work by co-owners.
- Section 517.240 - Failure of co-owner to contribute; notice.
- Section 517.250 - Form of notice; service; publication.
- Section 517.260 - Notice; return and proof of service.
- Section 517.270 - Vesting of interest of delinquent co-owner.
- Section 517.280 - Certificate of ownership; issuance.
- Section 517.290 - Fee for certificate.
- Section 517.300 - Effect of certificate; certified copy of certificate, notice and return admissible as evidence.
- Section 517.310 - Recording and indexing certificate; fee; effect.
- Section 517.320 - Counteraffidavits of delinquent owner; suit to quiet title; judgment.
- Section 517.330 - Accounting for fees.
- Section 517.410
- Section 517.420 [Amended by 1955 c.528 §1; 1961 c.419 §2; 1983 c.740 §206; repealed by 1993 c.340 §2]
- Section 517.430 - Use of timber by lessee.
- Section 517.440 - Lessee, licensee, or operator of mine deemed bailee of yield until payment of lessor and workers.
- Section 517.450 [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
- Section 517.510 [Repealed by 1993 c.742 §114]
- Section 517.520 [Repealed by 1993 c.742 §114]
- Section 517.530 [Repealed by 1993 c.742 §114]
- Section 517.540 [Repealed by 1993 c.742 §114]
- Section 517.550 [Repealed by 1993 c.742 §114]
- Section 517.610 [Repealed by 1953 c.188 §2]
- Section 517.611 [1957 c.580 §1; repealed by 1987 c.260 §1]
- Section 517.620 [Repealed by 1953 c.188 §2]
- Section 517.621 [1957 c.580 §2; repealed by 1987 c.260 §1]
- Section 517.630 [Repealed by 1953 c.188 §2]
- Section 517.631 [1957 c.580 §3; repealed by 1987 c.260 §1]
- Section 517.640 [Repealed by 1953 c.188 §2]
- Section 517.641 [1957 c.580 §4; repealed by 1987 c.260 §1]
- Section 517.650 [1957 c.580 §5; repealed by 1987 c.260 §1]
- Section 517.660 [1957 c.580 §6; repealed by 1987 c.260 §1]
- Section 517.670 [1957 c.580 §7; repealed by 1987 c.260 §1]
- Section 517.680 [1957 c.580 §8; repealed by 1987 c.260 §1]
- Section 517.690 [1957 c.580 §9; repealed by 1987 c.260 §1]
- Section 517.700 [1957 c.580 §10; repealed by 1987 c.260 §1]
- Section 517.702 - Legislative findings.
- Section 517.705 - Exploration permit; application; information required; confidentiality of production records, mineral assessments or trade secrets.
- Section 517.710 - Fees.
- Section 517.715 - Exemptions from permit requirement.
- Section 517.720 - Persons with operating permit exempted.
- Section 517.725 - Department inspection of exploration site.
- Section 517.730 - Drill hole or well abandonment; rules.
- Section 517.735 - Exploration on land administered by Department of State Lands.
- Section 517.740 - Rules.
- Section 517.750 - Definitions for ORS 517.702 to 517.989.
- Section 517.753 - Exclusion certificate required for certain small-scale surface mining operations; application; fees.
- Section 517.755 - Mining operations affecting more than five acres.
- Section 517.760 - Policy.
- Section 517.770 - Exemptions from reclamation requirements.
- Section 517.775 - Permit fee for certain landowners and operators; erosion stabilization at mining operations exempt from reclamation.
- Section 517.780 - Effect on county zoning laws or ordinances; rules; certain operations exempt.
- Section 517.785 [1983 c.20 §3; 1985 c.292 §7; 1987 c.361 §8; repealed by 2007 c.318 §28]
- Section 517.790 - Operating permit required for surface mining on certain lands; application for permit; proposed reclamation plans; waiver of requirement for preparation and approval of reclamation plan; refusal to issue operating permit; provisional operating permit.
- Section 517.795 - Department to consult with and cooperate with other agencies.
- Section 517.797 - Memorandum of agreement with Department of State Lands regarding permitting.
- Section 517.800 - Fees; rules; annual report.
- Section 517.810 - Requirement for bond or security; rules; other security in lieu of bond.
- Section 517.813 - Reclamation Guarantee Fund.
- Section 517.815 - Reclamation bond pooling program; requirements; rules.
- Section 517.820 - Extensions of time for submission of proposed reclamation plans; time limit for reclamation completion; consultation with cooperating agencies.
- Section 517.825 - Mining aggregate on high-value farmland; requirements; rules.
- Section 517.830 - Operating permit approval process; appeal from denial of plan; consolidated application process.
- Section 517.831 - Modification of operating permit or reclamation plan; opportunity for alternative dispute resolution.
- Section 517.832 - Emergency operating permit; rules.
- Section 517.833 - Transfer of operating permit; rules.
- Section 517.834 - Temporary operating permit; rules.
- Section 517.835 - Conditions on operating permit or reclamation plan to prevent impact on ground water.
- Section 517.836 - Surveying or marking surface mining operations; rules.
- Section 517.837 - Annual report by permittee; rules.
- Section 517.840 - Administration and enforcement of ORS 517.702 to 517.989; rules.
- Section 517.850 - Inspection of permit area.
- Section 517.855 - Disruption of portion of mining property preserved from mining.
- Section 517.860 - Effect of failure to comply with operating permit or reclamation plan; department may perform work and assess costs against bond or security.
- Section 517.862 - Revocation, termination or refusal to renew operating permit.
- Section 517.865 - Effect of failure to perform reclamation and insufficient bond; lien; notice; priority; foreclosure.
- Section 517.870 - Adjustment of bond or security of operator upon satisfactory completion of reclamation work.
- Section 517.880 - Order for suspension of surface mining operation operating without required permit; enjoining operation upon failure of operator to comply; completion of reclamation by department.
- Section 517.890 - Review of final determination.
- Section 517.900 [1971 c.719 §14; 1985 c.292 §14; repealed by 1999 c.492 §9 (517.901 enacted in lieu of 517.900)]
- Section 517.901 - Confidentiality of production records, mineral assessments and trade secrets.
- Section 517.905 - Applicability of ORS 517.910 to 517.989 and 517.910 to 517.951.
- Section 517.910 - Definitions for ORS 517.910 to 517.989.
- Section 517.915 - Additional operating permit requirements for nonaggregate mineral mines; denial of permit if reclamation not possible.
- Section 517.917 - Activation of project coordinating committee.
- Section 517.920 - Permit application fees under ORS 517.910 to 517.989.
- Section 517.925 - Time limit for action on permit application.
- Section 517.930 - Department inspection.
- Section 517.935 [1981 c.622 §12; repealed by 2013 c.371 §36]
- Section 517.940 [1981 c.622 §11; 1985 c.291 §5; 2007 c.318 §23; repealed by 2013 c.371 §36]
- Section 517.945 [1981 c.622 §13; repealed by 1999 c.353 §9]
- Section 517.947 [1987 c.693 §§2,3; 1989 c.171 §68; repealed by 1991 c.735 §39]
- Section 517.949 [1987 c.693 §4; repealed by 1991 c.735 §39]
- Section 517.950 [1981 c.622 §10; 1985 c.292 §15; 1989 c.461 §3; 1995 c.79 §298; 2007 c.318 §24; repealed by 2013 c.371 §36]
- Section 517.951 - Legislative intent not to assume exclusive jurisdiction.
- Section 517.952 - Definitions for ORS 517.952 to 517.989.
- Section 517.953 - Policy.
- Section 517.954 - Application of ORS 517.952 to 517.989.
- Section 517.955
- Section 517.956 - Requirements for mining operations; rules.
- Section 517.957 - Department coordination of activities of affected agencies.
- Section 517.958 - Compliance with preapplication process; purpose.
- Section 517.959 - Public notice requirements for ORS 517.952 to 517.989; master list of interested parties; fees.
- Section 517.960
- Section 517.961 - Notice of intent to submit application; posting of notice.
- Section 517.962
- Section 517.963 - Department duties upon receipt of notice of intent.
- Section 517.964
- Section 517.965 - Project coordinating committee.
- Section 517.966
- Section 517.967 - Technical review team.
- Section 517.968
- Section 517.969 - Collection of baseline data; public informational meetings; collection methodology.
- Section 517.970
- Section 517.971 - Consolidated application.
- Section 517.972
- Section 517.973 - Fees; payment of expenses of department and permitting and cooperating agencies.
- Section 517.974
- Section 517.975 - Distribution of completed consolidated application; notice of receipt of application.
- Section 517.976
- Section 517.977 - Preparation of draft permits; public hearing; determination of completeness of consolidated application.
- Section 517.978 - Review of application; additional information.
- Section 517.979 - Environmental evaluation; review of baseline data; payment of costs of third party contractor.
- Section 517.980 - Socioeconomic impact analysis.
- Section 517.981 - Draft permit and permit conditions; denial of permit; time limits; public hearing on draft permit.
- Section 517.982 - Final permits; permit conditions submitted by cooperating agencies.
- Section 517.983 - Consolidated contested case hearing; judicial review; stay of permit.
- Section 517.984 - Modification of permit; project coordinating committee.
- Section 517.985 - Rulemaking.
- Section 517.986 - Time limit for final action on permit subject to consolidated application process.
- Section 517.987 - Reclamation bond or security; annual assessment of cost of reclamation; lien; release of security; post-reclamation security.
- Section 517.988 - Permit conditions by State Department of Fish and Wildlife; violations of State Department of Fish and Wildlife conditions.
- Section 517.989 - Rules applicable to consolidated application.
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