ARIZONA MINING PERMITTING GUIDE - AZGS Document Repository

Professional Registration
Arizona Mining Permitting Guide
Arizona Board of Technical Registration (BTR)
1110 West Washington Street, Suite 240
Phoenix, AZ 85007
602-364-4930
www.azbtr.gov
PERMITS, AUTHORIZATIONS OR FILINGS:
Professional Registration
This department does not issue permits, but licenses professionals who perform certain
mining-related tasks. The BTR function is to regulate certain professions including architects;
assayers, certified remediation specialists, drug laboratory site remediation firms, supervisors
and workers, engineers, geologists, home inspectors, landscape architects, and surveyors by
issuing certificates and seals of professional registration and establishing rules of professional
conduct for registrants.
LEGAL AUTHORITY:
A.R.S. § 32-101
ROLE OF BTR:
Some mining permitting agencies require hydrologic, geologic and engineering reports,
studies, drawings and maps, specifications, analyses or related data submitted to support the
evaluation of applications for permits to be signed and sealed by a professional geologist or
qualified professional engineer who is registered in the State of Arizona.
EXEMPTIONS:
NA
FEES:
NA
AVERAGE PROCESSING TIME:
NA
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