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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

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These Regulations may be cited as the Small Scale Operations Regulations

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Definitions

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

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;

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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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