GroundRules
AS 46.16.070: Innovative gold recovery demonstration grant program.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation.
- Chapter 16. Management and Use of Water in Mining.
(a) The innovative gold recovery demonstration grant program is established as a direct grant program to give a person engaged in placer mining the opportunity to study and test new methods of gold recovery and water use reduction.
(b) The commissioner of natural resources may make a grant under this section to a person that has
(1) a proven history of successful placer mining in the state;
(2) the capability to produce verifiable results; and
(3) the capability to study and test new methods of gold recovery and water use reduction under actual operating conditions.
(c) The commissioner of natural resources may not make a grant under this section to a person in excess of $100,000.
(d) The commissioner of natural resources shall monitor and evaluate the results of grants made under this section.
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