A. 
By Price County. A nonmetallic mining reclamation permit issued under this chapter may be modified by Price County if it finds that, due to changing conditions, the nonmetallic mining site is no longer in compliance with Chapter NR 135, Wisconsin Administrative Code, or this chapter. Such modification shall be by an order modifying the permit in accordance with § 514-40. This modifying order may require the operator to amend or submit new application information, reclamation plan, proof of financial assurance or other information needed to ensure compliance with Chapter NR 135, Wisconsin Administrative Code, or this chapter.
B. 
At the operator's option. If an operator of any nonmetallic mine that holds a reclamation permit issued under this chapter desires to modify such permit or reclamation plan approved under this chapter, it may request such modification by submitting a written application for such modification to the Price County Zoning Department. The application for permit or plan modification shall be acted on using the standards and procedures of this chapter.
C. 
Required by the operator. The operator of any nonmetallic mine that holds a reclamation permit issued under this chapter shall request a modification of such permit if changes occur to the area to be mined, the nature of the planned reclamation, or other aspects of mining required by the reclamation plan approved pursuant to this chapter. Such application for permit modification shall be acted on using the standards and procedures of this chapter.
D. 
Review. All actions by Price County on permit modifications requested or initiated under this section are subject to review under § 514-30.
A. 
Grounds. Price County may suspend or revoke a nonmetallic mining reclamation permit issued pursuant to this chapter if it finds that the operator has done any of the following:
(1) 
Failed to submit a satisfactory reclamation plan within the time frames specified in this chapter.
(2) 
Failed to submit or maintain financial assurance as required by this chapter.
(3) 
Failed on a repetitive and significant basis to follow the approved reclamation plan.
B. 
Procedures. If Price County finds grounds for suspending or revoking a nonmetallic mining reclamation permit set forth in Subsection A, it may issue a special order suspending or revoking such permit as set forth in § 514-40B.
C. 
Consequences.
(1) 
If Price County makes any of the findings in Subsection A, it may suspend a nonmetallic mining reclamation permit for up to 30 days. During the time of suspension, the operator may not conduct nonmetallic mining at the site, except for reclamation or measures to protect human health and the environment as ordered by the regulatory authority pursuant to § 514-40.
(2) 
If Price County makes any of the findings in Subsection A, it may revoke a nonmetallic mining reclamation permit. Upon permit revocation, the operator shall forfeit the financial assurance it has provided pursuant to this chapter to Price County. Price County may use forfeited financial assurance to reclaim the site to the extent needed to comply with this chapter and the applicable reclamation ordinance.
A. 
Contents and deadline. Annual reports that satisfy the requirements of this section shall be submitted by the operators of nonmetallic mining sites.
(1) 
Contents. The annual report required by this section shall include all of the following:
(a) 
The name and mailing address of the operator.
(b) 
The location of the nonmetallic mining site, including legal description, tax key number or parcel identification number if available.
(c) 
The identification number of the applicable nonmetallic mining permit, if assigned by Price County.
(d) 
The acreage currently affected by nonmetallic mining extraction and not yet reclaimed.
(e) 
The amount of acreage that has been reclaimed to date on a permanent basis and the amount reclaimed on an interim basis.
(f) 
A plan, map or diagram accurately showing the acreage described in Subsection A(1)(d) and (e).
(g) 
The following certification, signed by the operator: "I certify that this information is true and accurate and that the nonmetallic mining site described herein complies with all conditions of the applicable nonmetallic mining reclamation permit and Chapter NR 135, Wisconsin Administrative Code."
(2) 
Deadline. The annual report shall cover activities on unreclaimed acreage for the previous calendar year and be submitted by January 31.
(3) 
When reporting may end. Annual reports shall be submitted by an operator for all active and intermittent mining sites to Price County for each calendar year until nonmetallic mining reclamation at the site is certified as complete pursuant to § 514-37C or at the time of release of financial assurance pursuant to § 514-22A(7).
B. 
Inspection in lieu of report. Price County may, at its discretion, obtain the information required in Subsection A for a calendar year by written documentation of an inspection it completes during a calendar year, as set forth in this subsection. If Price County obtains and documents the required information, the annual report need not be submitted by the operator. If Price County determines that the operator need not submit an annual report pursuant to this subsection, it shall advise the operator in writing at least 30 days before the end of the applicable calendar year. In that case, Price County shall require the operator to submit the certification required in Subsection A(1)(g).
C. 
Retention of annual reports. Annual reports submitted under Subsection A or inspection records that replace them under Subsection B shall be retained by Price County at the Price County Zoning Department office for at least 10 years after the calendar year to which they apply. These records, or complete and accurate copies of them, shall be made available to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources upon written request or during its inspection or audit activities carried out pursuant to Chapter NR 135, Wisconsin Administrative Code.
A. 
Amount and applicability. A person who intends to operate a nonmetallic mining site for which a permit application has been submitted under § 514-20 shall submit a nonrefundable plan review fee determined by the Price County Board of Supervisors. No plan review fee may be assessed under this section for any local transportation-related mining receiving an automatic permit under § 514-24C. A separate plan review fee shall be paid under this section for any modification to an existing reclamation plan submitted pursuant to § 514-31.
B. 
Expedited plan review fee. A person who intends to operate a nonmetallic mining site for which a permit application has been submitted under § 514-20 may obtain expedited reclamation plan review by paying a fee determined by the Price County Board of Supervisors. Such fee shall be in addition to that required in Subsection A. Expedited reclamation plan review shall be performed within 30 days of when the Price County Zoning Department receives the application.
C. 
Relation to annual fee. Any reclamation plan review fee or expedited reclamation plan review fee collected under this section shall be added to and collected as part of the first annual fee collected under § 514-35.
A. 
Areas subject to fees; procedures, deadline and amount.
(1) 
Operators of all nonmetallic mining sites subject to reclamation permits issued under this chapter shall pay annual fees to Price County via the Price County Zoning Department.
(2) 
Fees paid under this section shall be calculated based on the unreclaimed acres of a nonmetallic mining site, as defined below:
(a) 
"Unreclaimed acre" or "unreclaimed acres" means those unreclaimed areas in which nonmetallic mining has occurred after August 1, 2001, and areas where nonmetallic mining reclamation has been completed but is not yet certified as reclaimed under § 514-22A(7). However, the term does not include any areas described in Subsection A(2)(b).
(b) 
"Unreclaimed acre" or "unreclaimed acres" does not include:
[1] 
Those areas where reclamation has been completed and certified as reclaimed under § 514-22A(7).
[2] 
Those areas previously affected by nonmetallic mining but which are not used for nonmetallic mining after August 1, 2001.
[3] 
Those portions of nonmetallic mining sites which are included in an approved nonmetallic mining reclamation plan but are not yet affected by nonmetallic mining.
[4] 
Areas previously mined but used after August 1, 2001, for a nonmining activity, including stockpiling of materials, provided that the stockpiles are associated with on-site industrial processes used for an industrial activity unrelated to nonmetallic mining, such as an asphalt plant, concrete batch plant, block and tile operation or other industry that uses products produced from nonmetallic mining.
[5] 
Those areas within a nonmetallic mining site which Price County has determined to have been successfully reclaimed on an interim basis in accordance with § 514-37B and C.
[6] 
Those areas defined as not included in a nonmetallic mining site under Subsection B of the definition of "nonmetallic mining site" in § 514-8.
(3) 
Fees shall be assessed on active acres only and shall not be assessed on acreage where nonmetallic mining is proposed and approved but where no nonmetallic mining has yet taken place.
(4) 
Fees assessed pursuant to this section shall be based on unreclaimed acres at the end of the year. Such fees apply to a calendar year or any part of a year in which nonmetallic mining takes place, until final reclamation is certified as complete under § 514-37. Fees shall be paid no later than January 31 for the previous year. Fees shall accompany an application for Price County permit. For new or reopened mines that submit a reclamation permit application under § 514-20B, the first year's annual fee shall not be due until January 31 of the following year and will be based on the number of acres mined at the end of the current calendar year.
(5) 
If reclamation has already occurred on portions of a nonmetallic mining site, the fees for such portions may be submitted with a request that they be held by Price County pending certification of completed reclamation pursuant to §§ 514-22A(7) and 514-37C. Upon such certification Price County shall refund that portion of the annual fee that applies to the reclaimed areas. If Price County fails to make a determination under §§ 514-22A(7) and 514-37C within 60 days of the request, it shall refund that portion of the annual fee that applies to the reclaimed areas.
(6) 
The amount collected shall equal the share of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources as described in Subsection B, the share of Price County described in Subsection C, and, if applicable, the reclamation plan review fee described in § 514-34.
B. 
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources share of fee.
(1) 
Fees paid under this section shall, except where provided in Subsection B(2), include a share for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources as provided in the County Fee Schedule.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
(2) 
For nonmetallic mining sites at which no nonmetallic mining has taken place during a calendar year, the share for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources shall be determined by the Price County Board of Supervisors.
(3) 
Price County shall forward fees collected under this subsection to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources by March 31.
C. 
Price County's share of fee.
(1) 
Fees paid under this section shall also include an annual fee as provided in the County Fee Schedule. Each successive year, on or before the anniversary date of issuance, a fee determined by the Price County Board of Supervisors per acre shall be submitted for each acre or fraction thereof not reclaimed. After-the-fact permit fees shall triple the application fees.
[Amended 2-16-2010 by Res. No. 1-10[2]]
[2]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
(2) 
The annual fee collected by Price County under this subsection for local transportation-related mines issued permits under § 514-24C may not exceed the amounts determined by the Price County Board of Supervisors.
D. 
Documentation of Price County's share of fee. Price County shall document in writing its estimated program costs and the need for the fee established in Subsection C on or before June 1, 2001. This documentation shall be available for public inspection at the Price County Zoning Department.
A. 
Reporting. Price County shall send an annual report to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources by March 31 for the previous calendar year. The report shall include the following information for the previous year's nonmetallic mining reclamation program:
(1) 
The total number of nonmetallic mining reclamation permits in effect.
(2) 
The number of new permits issued within the jurisdiction of Price County.
(3) 
The number of acres approved for nonmetallic mining and the number of acres newly approved in the previous year.
(4) 
The number of acres being mined or unreclaimed acres.
(5) 
The number of acres that have been reclaimed and have had financial assurance released pursuant to § 514-22A(7).
(6) 
The number of acres that are reclaimed and awaiting release from the financial assurance requirements of this chapter pursuant to § 514-37A and B.
(7) 
The number and nature of alternative requirements granted, permit modifications, violations, public hearings, enforcement actions, penalties that have been assessed and bond or financial assurance forfeitures.
B. 
Documentation. Price County shall, to the best of its ability, maintain the information set forth below and make it available to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for that agency's audit of Price County's reclamation program pursuant to Chapter NR 135, Wisconsin Administrative Code:
(1) 
Documentation of compliance with Chapter NR 135, Wisconsin Administrative Code, and this chapter.
(2) 
The procedures employed by Price County regarding reclamation plan review and the issuance and modification of permits.
(3) 
The methods for review of annual reports received from operators.
(4) 
The method and effectiveness of fee collection.
(5) 
Procedures to accurately forward the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources portion of collected fees in a timely fashion.
(6) 
Methods for conducting on-site compliance inspections and attendant reports, records and enforcement actions.
(7) 
Responses to citizen complaints.
(8) 
The method of and accuracy in determining the amount of the financial assurance obtained from the operator to guarantee reclamation performance.
(9) 
The maintenance and availability of records.
(10) 
The number and type of approvals for alternative requirements issued pursuant to § 514-26.
(11) 
The method of determining the success of reclamation in meeting the criteria contained in the reclamation plan and subsequently releasing the financial assurance pursuant to § 514-22A(7).
(12) 
Any changes in local regulations, ordinances, funding and staffing mechanisms or any other factor which might affect the ability of Price County to implement its nonmetallic mining reclamation program under this chapter.
(13) 
The amount of fees collected in comparison to the amount of money actually expended for nonmetallic mining reclamation program administration.
(14) 
Any other performance criterion necessary to ascertain compliance with Chapter NR 135, Wisconsin Administrative Code.
A. 
Reporting. The operator of a nonmetallic mining site may certify completion of reclamation for a portion or all of the nonmetallic mining site pursuant to a reclamation plan prepared and approved pursuant to this chapter and Chapter NR 135, Wisconsin Administrative Code. Certification shall be filed with the Price County Zoning Department.
B. 
Reporting of interim reclamation. The operator of a nonmetallic mining site may report completion of interim reclamation as specified in the reclamation plan for the site prepared and approved pursuant to this chapter and Chapter NR 135, Wisconsin Administrative Code. Reporting of interim reclamation shall be done according to the procedures in Subsection A.
C. 
Certification of completed reclamation. Price County shall inspect a nonmetallic mining site for which reporting of reclamation or interim reclamation has been submitted pursuant to this section within 60 days of receipt and make a determination in writing in accordance with § 514-22A(7)(c). If it is determined that interim or final reclamation is complete, including revegetation as specified in a reclamation plan that conforms with § 514-21, Price County shall issue the mine operator a written certificate of completion.
D. 
Effect of completed reclamation. If reclamation is certified by Price County as complete under Subsection C for part or all of a nonmetallic mining site, then:
(1) 
No fee shall be assessed under § 514-35 for the area so certified.
(2) 
The financial assurance required by § 514-22 shall be released or appropriately reduced in the case of completion of reclamation for a portion of the mining site.
E. 
Effect of inaction following report of completed reclamation. If no written response as required by Subsection C for an area of the mine site reported as reclaimed or interim reclaimed is given within 60 days of receiving such request, any annual fee paid to Price County for it under § 514-35 shall be refunded.
When all final reclamation required by a reclamation plan conforming to § 514-21 and required by this chapter is certified as complete pursuant to §§ 514-22A(7) and 514-37C, Price County shall issue a written statement to the operator of the nonmetallic mining site, thereby terminating the reclamation permit.