California Code
DIVISION 2 - GEOLOGY, MINES AND MINING
CHAPTER 9 - Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 175

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 2710. - 2710. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 2711. - 2711. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the...

Section 2712. - 2712. It is the intent of the Legislature to create...

Section 2713. - 2713. It is not the intent of the Legislature by...

Section 2714. - 2714. This chapter does not apply to any of the...

Section 2715. - 2715. No provision of this chapter or any ruling, requirement,...

Section 2715.5. - 2715.5. (a) The Cache Creek Resource Management Plan, in conjunction...

Section 2715.6. - 2715.6. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 2716. - 2716. (a) Any interested person may commence an action on...

Section 2717. - 2717. (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the...

Section 2718. - 2718. If any provision of this chapter or the application...

Section 2719. - 2719. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the state...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 2725. - 2725. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth...

Section 2726. - 2726. “Area of regional significance” means an area designated by...

Section 2727. - 2727. “Area of statewide significance” means an area designated by...

Section 2727.1. - 2727.1. “Idle” means that an operator of a surface mining...

Section 2728. - 2728. “Lead agency” means the city, county, San Francisco Bay...

Section 2729. - 2729. “Mined lands” includes the surface, subsurface, and ground water...

Section 2730. - 2730. “Mining waste” includes the residual of soil, rock, mineral,...

Section 2731. - 2731. “Operator” means any person who is engaged in surface...

Section 2732. - 2732. “Overburden” means soil, rock, or other materials that lie...

Section 2732.5. - 2732.5. “Permit” means any authorization from, or approval by, a...

Section 2733. - 2733. “Reclamation” means the combined process of land treatment that...

Section 2734. - 2734. “State policy” means the regulations adopted by the board...

Section 2735. - 2735. “Surface mining operations” means all, or any part of,...

Section 2736. - 2736. “Financial assurances” means a current approved financial assurance cost...

ARTICLE 3 - District Committees

Section 2740. - 2740. In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the...

Section 2741. - 2741. The members of the committee shall receive no compensation...

ARTICLE 4 - State Policy for the Reclamation of Mined Lands

Section 2755. - 2755. The board shall adopt regulations that establish state policy...

Section 2756. - 2756. State policy shall apply to the conduct of surface...

Section 2757. - 2757. The state policy adopted by the board shall be...

Section 2758. - 2758. Such policy shall include objectives and criteria for all...

Section 2759. - 2759. The state policy shall be continuously reviewed and may...

Section 2760. - 2760. The board shall not adopt or revise the state...

Section 2761. - 2761. (a) On or before January 1, 1977, and, at...

Section 2762. - 2762. (a) Within 12 months of receiving the mineral information...

Section 2763. - 2763. (a) If an area is designated by the board...

Section 2764. - 2764. (a) Upon the request of an operator or other...

ARTICLE 5 - Reclamation Plans and the Conduct of Surface Mining Operations

Section 2770. - 2770. (a) Except as provided in this section, a person...

Section 2770.1. - 2770.1. For the purposes of a borrow pit surface mining...

Section 2770.5. - 2770.5. Whenever surface mining operations are proposed in the 100-year...

Section 2770.6. - 2770.6. (a) Whenever surface mining operations are proposed within the...

Section 2771. - 2771. Whenever a proposed or existing surface mining operation is...

Section 2772. - 2772. (a) The reclamation plan shall be filed with the...

Section 2772.1. - 2772.1. (a) (1) Prior to approving a surface mining operation’s...

Section 2772.5. - 2772.5. (a) A reclamation plan by any person who owns,...

Section 2772.6. - 2772.6. (a) In addition to meeting the requirements of Section...

Section 2772.7. - 2772.7. (a) A lead agency, upon approval of a reclamation...

Section 2773. - 2773. (a) The reclamation plan shall be applicable to a...

Section 2773.1. - 2773.1. (a) Lead agencies shall require financial assurances of each...

Section 2773.1.5. - 2773.1.5. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 2773.1, a financial...

Section 2773.15. - 2773.15. Notwithstanding Section 2773.1, a surety bond that was executed...

Section 2773.2. - 2773.2. The mineral owner and owner of the surface estate,...

Section 2773.3. - 2773.3. (a) In addition to other reclamation plan requirements of...

Section 2773.4. - 2773.4. (a) (1) Prior to approving the financial assurance cost...

Section 2773.5. - 2773.5. Section 2773.3 does not apply to either of the...

Section 2774. - 2774. (a) Every lead agency shall adopt ordinances in accordance...

Section 2774.1. - 2774.1. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (i) of...

Section 2774.2. - 2774.2. (a) Within 30 days of the issuance of an...

Section 2774.2.5. - 2774.2.5. (a) A lead agency shall submit to the supervisor,...

Section 2774.3. - 2774.3. The board shall review lead agency ordinances which establish...

Section 2774.4. - 2774.4. (a) The board shall exercise some or all of...

Section 2774.5. - 2774.5. (a) If, upon review of an ordinance, the board...

Section 2775. - 2775. (a) An applicant whose request for a permit to...

Section 2776. - 2776. (a) No person who has obtained a vested right...

Section 2777. - 2777. Amendments to an approved reclamation plan may be submitted...

Section 2777.3. - 2777.3. (a) The construction and operation of a renewable energy...

Section 2777.5. - 2777.5. (a) An operator who has failed to properly report...

Section 2778. - 2778. (a) Reclamation plans, reports, applications, and other documents submitted...

Section 2779. - 2779. Whenever one operator succeeds to the interest of another...

ARTICLE 6 - Areas of Statewide or Regional Significance

Section 2790. - 2790. After receipt of mineral information from the State Geologist...

Section 2791. - 2791. The board shall seek the recommendations of concerned federal,...

Section 2792. - 2792. Neither the designation of an area of regional or...

Section 2793. - 2793. The board may, by regulation adopted after a public...

ARTICLE 7 - Fiscal Provisions

Section 2795. - 2795. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, moneys from mining activities...

Section 2796.5. - 2796.5. (a) The supervisor, with the consultation of appropriate state...