Section 31, 62 of the Environmental Protection Act, 2008, the Board hereby makes

(1) Where the holder of a mineral right intends totemporarily suspend its mining activities, it shall present a care and maintenance programme to the Agency for approval by the Board. (2) The care and maintenance programme referred to in sub-regulation (1), shall be prepared in the format specified in the Seventeenth Schedule. (3) The period of temporary suspension referred to in sub-regulation (1), shall not be longer than two years and where mining activities are suspended for more than two years the holder of a mineral right shall enter into final closure and implement the closure plan as approved by the Board. (4) The holder of the mineral right shall ensure that the financial assurance provided under Regulation 30 shall continue in full force and effect during any temporary suspension of mining activities. PART V1 - CLOSURE OF MINING ACTIVITIES