[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR228.10]

[Page 143]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 228_MINERALS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_Locatable Minerals
 
Sec.  228.10  Cessation of operations, removal of structures and equipment.

    Unless otherwise agreed to by the authorized officer, operator shall 
remove within a reasonable time following cessation of operations all 
structures, equipment and other facilities and clean up the site of 
operations. Other than seasonally, where operations have ceased 
temporarily, an operator shall file a statement with the District Ranger 
which includes:
    (a) Verification of intent to maintain the structures, equipment and 
other facilities,
    (b) The expected reopening date, and
    (c) An estimate of extended duration of operations. A statement 
shall be filed every year in the event operations are not reactivated. 
Operator shall maintain the operating site, structures, equipment and 
other facilities in a neat and safe condition during nonoperating 
periods.