Section 300.30 Fees

Section 300

Section 300.30  Fees

a)         Fees Generally

Each application for a permit shall require a separate fee

payment. Permit fees are not to accompany the application.  After receipt of

the application, the Department will request the permit fee before issuance of

the permit.  The fee shall be in the form of a check made payable to the Illinois

Department of Natural Resources, Office of Mines and Minerals.

b)         Permit Fee Calculation

1)         Surface Mining Permit

The fee for a surface mining permit shall be $150 for every

acre and fraction of an acre of land to be permitted. The permit fee shall only

be paid once on an acre of land regardless of the number of permit periods it

is mined, but, with respect to areas where the overburden is to be removed

again and upon which the surety bonds have been released, a new permit, fees

and bond will be required.

2)         Refuse Disposal Permits

The fee for a gob refuse disposal permit and for a slurry

pond refuse disposal permit shall be calculated in the same manner as the fee

to engage in surface mining.  The permit fee shall only be paid once on an acre

of land regardless of the active life of a disposal area.