Road may be closed for surface coal mining operations
N.D. Cent. Code § 38-01-07.1
in effect38-01-07.1. Road may be closed for surface coal mining operations
A surface coal mining operator may petition the board of county commissioners to
temporarily close or relocate a section line road or other road if the road interferes with the
operator's conduct of surface coal mining operations. The board of county commissioners, if so
petitioned, may, after notice and public hearing, temporarily close or relocate the section line
road or other road, providing the road is not required due to readily accessible alternate routes
of travel and the closing or relocation does not deprive adjacent landowners access to their
property. If a road is closed as provided for in this section, the board of county commissioners
may require that after completion of surface coal mining operations the operator restore the
road to as good a condition as existed prior to the closing of the road.
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