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Planning commission recommends raising reclamation guarantee to $6,500 per acre for future mining permits
Summary
At the July 24 meeting the Stearns County Planning Commission recommended increasing the standard reclamation financial guarantee used for mining permits from $3,500 to $6,500 per acre, citing rising equipment and seeding costs; the recommendation will be forwarded to the county board.
Stearns County planning commissioners on July 24 voted to recommend that the county board increase the per‑acre financial guarantee required for mine-site reclamation from $3,500 per acre to $6,500 per acre.
County staff explained the review followed a 2020 change in which the commission and board had set the reclamation rate at $3,500 per acre (the highway department had recommended $5,000 at that time). County engineering estimates…
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