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annual report shall be furnished to the Bureau not later than the
twenty-fifth day of January each year for the preceding year.

(b)    Any mine inspector directed by the Bureau of Mines may
enter upon and inspect all open pit operations for the purpose of
determining conditions of safety and for compliance with the pro-
visions of this subheading and all rules and regulations promulgated
pursuant thereto. If an operator fails to comply with the require-
ments of this subheading, or any rules or regulations promulgated
pursuant thereto, the mine inspector shall report the matter to the
Director, who shall immediately notify the operator by registered
mail of such failure and requiring compliance within a specified time.
Unless the operator complies with the subheading and such rules
and regulations within the time specified, the Director, after hearing
and final determination, may cancel the permit on this operation
and/or suspend the open pit mining operator's license, and may
issue a cease and desist order requiring the operator immediately
to cease open pit mining within this State until it is determined by
the Director that the operator is in full compliance. A mine in-
spector may order the immediate stopping of any operation that is
started by an unlicensed operator or without the operator thereof
having first obtained a permit as required by this subheading.

(c)    If an operator continues to operate beyond one year, the
mine inspector DIRECTOR shall be furnished with a new map at the
end of each year of operation, on which is outlined the area affected
and progress of reclamation during the preceding year.

665. Backfilling and Planting.

(a)    Each operator shall comply with the requirements of this
section.

(b)    He shall regrade in a manner to be established by rules
and regulations of the Director, in accordance with, but not limited
to, the following:

(1)    If spoil banks have been created, grade the surface of the
spoil banks so as to reduce the depressions between the peaks of
the spoil to a surface which restores the terrain to as near normal
as is satisfactory to the Bureau. The grading shall be done in such
a way as will minimize erosion due to rainfall and will also eliminate
steep grades between peaks and make the surface more suitable for
tree cutting or logging operations or cattle grazing or other suit-
able uses. The grading shall be done in a manner which will min-
imize, as far as practicable, the presence of large rocks, or materials
which would be toxic to plant life, on the surface of the graded area.

(2)    If the overburden deposits are composed of materials which
are suitable for the support of tree growth, or the growth of grasses
or other reclamation vegetation, or if such material can be expected
to become suitable by natural leaching and weathering processes,
the overburden material shall be graded so as to cover the final pit.
The operator shall exercise measures required so as not to lose or
make unavailable overburden material for the grading required by
paragraphs (1) and (2).

(c)    If the outside spoil deposit is made on a steep hillside, rocks
that have rolled down into a cleared valley shall be placed back
at the toe of the hillside or deposited at some equally suitable loca-
tion.