Alaska Statutes 38.05.142 – Legislative approval required for certain large scale mines

(a) In addition to permits and authorizations otherwise required by law, a final authorization must be obtained from the legislature for a large-scale metallic sulfide mining operation located within the watershed of the Bristol Bay Fisheries Reserve designated in AS 38.05.140(f). This authorization shall take the form of a duly enacted law finding that the proposed large-scale metallic sulfide mining operation will not constitute danger to the fishery within the Bristol Bay Fisheries Reserve.

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 38.05.142

commissioner: means the commissioner of natural resources. See Alaska Statutes 38.05.965
land: means all land, including shoreland, tideland , and submerged land, or resources belonging to or acquired by the state. See Alaska Statutes 38.05.965

(b) The commissioner may adopt regulations under Alaska Stat. Chapter 44.62 to implement this section.

(c) In this section, “large-scale metallic sulfide mining operation” means a specific mining proposal to extract metals, including gold and copper, from sulfide-bearing rock and that would directly disturb 640 or more acres of land.

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