STATE OF NEVADA RECLAMATION BONDING

• Jurisdiction: United States

Mine Closure, Financial Assurance, and Final Reclamation
(Nov 2009)
CHAPTER 2B
STATE OF NEVADA RECLAMATION BONDING
Dave Gaskin
Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
Carson City, Nevada

David D. Gaskin is currently Chief of the Bureau of Mining Regulation and Reclamation, part of the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection. He has been involved with regulation of the mining industry in Nevada since 1993. Prior to that, he worked in the Mojave Desert in California as project engineering manager for the construction and operation of large solar power plants. He has a degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and served for five years as an officer in the United States Navy. Mr. Gaskin is a Registered Professional Engineer in mechanical engineering in Nevada and California.

Bonding

▪ Purpose: To ensure that reclamation will be completed on privately owned and federal land, in the event the operator is unable or unwilling to do so.

▪ Required for exploration projects (5 acres or more) and mining operations (over 36,500 tons per year, or at least 5 acres).

▪ Ensures productive post-mining land use.

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▪ State bonding covers both public and private lands.

▪ State...