(1) The owner, agent, manager or mining engineer shall, in case of fresh grant or renewal of mining lease, submit a progressive mine closure plan as a component of mining plan to the Regional Controller of Mines or officer authorized by the State Government in this behalf as the case may be.
(2) The owner, agent, manager or mining engineer shall, in case of existing mining lease submit a progressive mine closure plan to the Regional Controller of Mines or the officer authorized by the State Government in this behalf, as the case may be, for approval 2 [on or before the 31 st December, 2004].
(3) The owner, agent, manager or mining engineer shall review the progressive mine closure plan every five years from the date of its approval in case of existing mine or from the date of opening of the mine in case of fresh grant or from the date of renewal of mining lease, as the case may be, and shall submit to the Regional Controller of Mines or officer authorised by the State Government in this behalf, as the case may be, for its approval.
(4) The Regional Controller of Mines or the officer authorised by the State Government in this behalf, as the case may be, shall convey his approval or refusal of the progressive mine closure plan within ninety days of the date of its receipt.
(5) If approval or refusal of the progressive mine closure plan is not conveyed to the owner, agent, manager or mining engineer of the mining lease within the period as specified in sub-rule (4), the progressive mine closure plan shall be deemed to have been provisionally approved, and such approval shall be subject to final decision whenever communicated.