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AK Code › Title 27 › Chapter 27.21 › Section 27.21.060

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(a) Beginning eight months after May 2, 1983, a person may not conduct a surface coal mining and reclamation operation in the state without a permit for that operation. To receive a permit, a person must apply to the commissioner. The commissioner shall process applications according to this chapter and regulations adopted under it.

(b) [Repealed, § 82 ch 6 SLA 1984.]

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