[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR292.63]

[Page 396]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 292--NATIONAL RECREATION AREAS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart G--Smith River National Recreation Area
 
Sec. 292.63  Plan of operations--supplementary requirements.

    (a) Applicability. In addition to the activities for which a plan of 
operations is required under Sec. 228.4 of this chapter, a plan of 
operations is required when a proposed operation within the SRNRA 
involves mechanical or motorized equipment, including a suction dredge 
and/or sluice.
    (b) Information to support valid existing rights. A proposed plan of 
operations within the SRNRA must include at least the following 
information on the existence of valid existing rights:
    (1) The mining claim recordation serial number assigned by the 
Bureau of Land Management;
    (2) A copy of the original location notice and conveyance deeds, if 
ownership has changed since the date of location;
    (3) A copy of affidavits of assessment work or notices of intention 
to hold the mining claim since the date of recordation with the Bureau 
of Land Management;
    (4) Verification by the Bureau of Land Management that the holding 
or maintenance fees have been paid or have been exempted;
    (5) Sketches or maps showing the location of past and present 
mineral workings on the claims and information sufficient to locate and 
define the mining claim corners and boundaries on the ground;
    (6) An identification of the valuable mineral that has been 
discovered;
    (7) An identification of the site within the claims where the 
deposit has been discovered and exposed;
    (8) Information on the quantity and quality of the deposit including 
copies of assays or test reports, the width, locations of veins, the 
size and extent of any deposit; and
    (9) Existing evidence of past and present sales of the valuable 
mineral.
    (c) Minimum information on proposed operations. In addition to the 
requirements of paragraph (b) of this section, a plan of operations must 
include the information required at Secs. 228.4 (c)(1) through (c)(3) of 
this chapter which includes information about the proponent and a 
detailed description of the proposed operation. In addition, if the 
operator and claim owner are different, the operator must submit a copy 
of the authorization or agreement under which the proposed operations 
are to be conducted. A plan of operations must also address the 
environmental requirements of Sec. 228.8 of this chapter which includes 
reclamation. In addition, a plan of operations also must include the 
following:
    (1) An identification of the hazardous materials and any other toxic 
materials, petroleum products, insecticides, pesticides, and herbicides 
that will be used during the mineral operation, and the proposed means 
for disposing of such substances;
    (2) An identification of the character and composition of the 
mineral wastes that will be used or generated and a proposed method or 
strategy for their placement, control, isolation, or removal; and
    (3) An identification of how public health and safety are to be 
maintained.