Well-drilling and mining operations

(1) Any person who proposes to construct any new boring, or to enlarge or otherwise alter any existing boring, for the purpose of searching for or extracting minerals or other substances under the Mines and Minerals Act, Cap. 225, the Petroleum Act, Cap. 226 or any other law, which regulates the mining of substances shall take such measures as may be required by the Authority for conserving ground water, being measures which, in the opinion of the Authority, will not interfere with the mining of minerals or other substances and shall submit to the Authority, at its request, such data or other information as the Authority may require in connection with such construction or enlargement, as the case may be. (2) Information required pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be forwarded to the Authority within thirty days of the date of a request therefor or such longer period as the Authority may allow.