{"data":{"id":"us-mt/82-4-121","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"82-4-121","heading":"Permit required.","body":"No person may commence preparatory work until the operator shall have first obtained from the department a mine-site location permit for a new strip mine or a new underground mine or a permit under part 2 of this chapter, if the application for such permit includes an appropriate long-range mining plan acceptable to the department.","path":["TITLE 82. MINERALS, OIL, AND GAS","CHAPTER 4. RECLAMATION","Part 1. Strip and Underground Mine Siting"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0820/chapter_0040/part_0010/section_0210/0820-0040-0010-0210.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:04Z","sha256":"ced224bffbd541171c8f2fe22bdbc8da1e6a485fc0bbbce4ea36a165ecc42abd","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/82-4-114","next":"us-mt/82-4-122"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}