(1) The owner, agent, manager or mining engineer shall submit a final mine closure plan to Regional Controller of Mines or the officer authorised by the State Government in this behalf, as the case may be, for approval one year prior to the proposed closure of the mine.
(2) 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 final mine closure plan within ninety days of the date of its receipt to the owner, agent, manager or mining engineer.
(3) If approval or refusal of the final 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
(2), the final mine closure plan shall be deemed to have been provisionally approved, and such approval shall be subject to final decision whenever communicated.
_____________________________________________________________________________ 1 Inserted by G.S.R. 330 (E), dated 10.4.2003. 2. Substituted by G.S.R. (E), dated 23-12-2003.
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