What information must the landowner provide in order to register the land containing a marketable nonmetallic mineral deposit?
The landowner of property that contains a marketable, nonmetallic mineral deposit may register that land through the recording of a deed notice in the county registrar of deeds office. In addition, there is required documentation criteria that must be met: • A legal description of the property; • Certification that the existing zoning law (if the land is zoned) permits or conditionally permits mining except where there is no existing zoning; • A certification by a registered professional geologist or a registered engineer that the deposit is a “marketable deposit” based on geologic, mineralogical or other scientific data, due to the deposit’s quality, scarcity, location, quantity or proximity to a known user; • The landowner must provide a statement of intent not to undertake any action that would permanently interfere with mining of the nonmetallic mineral deposit for the duration of the registration.
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