Relating to procedural requirements for uranium mining production area authorizations.

Contracts

• Landman/Title Vendor MSAs: Update Master Service Agreements immediately. The Scope of Work must be expanded to require the identification of mineral rights owners on all adjacent tracts, not just the subject property.
• Indemnification Clauses: Review liability clauses with title vendors; the risk of permit remand due to a missed adjacent mineral owner is now a critical failure point.

Hiring/Training

• Technical Staff Alignment: Engineering and geological teams must be trained that to qualify for the "uncontested" track, proposed restoration values must fall at or below the upper limit of the established range table.
• Regulatory Affairs: Staff must be trained to treat Groundwater Conservation Districts (GCDs) as primary stakeholders, as they are now statutory notice recipients.

Reporting & Record-Keeping

• Expanded Mailing Lists: You must generate and maintain verified mailing lists that include:
• 1. Surface owners (tract + adjacent).
• 2. Mineral owners (tract + adjacent).
• 3. The local Groundwater Conservation District.
• Baseline Data: Applications must incorporate groundwater baseline characteristics exactly as required by commission rules; deviations will disqualify the application from the uncontested track.

Fees & Costs

• Title Abstracting Budgets: Anticipate increased costs for pre-application due diligence. Identifying severed mineral interests on adjacent properties is time-consuming and labor-intensive.