[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR6.7]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 6--SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SITES IN UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 6.7  Mining wastes.

    (a) Solid waste from mining includes but is not limited to mining 
overburden, mining byproducts, solid waste from the extraction, 
processing and beneficiation of ores and minerals, drilling fluids, 
produced waters, and other wastes associated with exploration, 
development, or production of oil, natural gas or geothermal energy and 
any garbage, refuse or sludge associated with mining and mineral 
operations.
    (b) A person conducting mining or mineral operations on January 23, 
1995, and not governed by a plan of operations approved under 36 CFR 
part 9, Minerals Management, or pursuant to the terms of a Federal 
mineral lease, may continue to operate a solid waste disposal site 
within the boundaries of a unit only after complying with Sec. 6.5 and 
Sec. 6.10 and with a permit issued by the Regional Director under 
Sec. 6.9.
    (c) A person conducting mining or mineral operations on January 23, 
1995, and governed by a plan of operations approved under 36 CFR part 9 
or pursuant to the terms of a Federal mineral lease may continue to 
operate a solid waste disposal site under the terms of the approved plan 
of operations or lease. Where an existing mining or mineral operation is 
governed by 36 CFR part 9 or a Federal mineral lease, an NPS-approved 
plan of operations will constitute the permit for solid waste disposal 
site operation otherwise required under Sec. 6.9. A bond required under 
36 CFR part 9, or by the Bureau of Land Management for Federal lessees, 
will satisfy the requirements of Sec. 6.10.
    (d) A person proposing to initiate mining or mineral operations 
after January 23, 1995, within the boundaries of a unit of the National 
Park System, whether or not governed by a plan of operations approved 
under 36 CFR part 9 or the terms of a Federal mineral lease, may not 
establish or operate a new solid waste disposal site within a unit.
    (e) The temporary storage, stockpiling for return, or return of 
nonhazardous mining overburden to the mine site for the purpose of mine 
site reclamation does not require a request, environmental report, 
financial assurance or a permit issued under this part.