California Code
Public Resources Code - PRC
DIVISION 2 - GEOLOGY, MINES AND MINING

CHAPTER 1 - Definitions

Section 2001. - 2001. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions hereinafter set...

Section 2002. - 2002. “Department,” in reference to the government of this state,...

Section 2002.5. - 2002.5. “Director” means the Director of Conservation. (Added by Stats....

Section 2003. - 2003. “Survey,” in reference to the government of this state,...

Section 2004. - 2004. “Person” includes any individual, firm, association, corporation, organization, limited...

Section 2005. - 2005. “Minerals” means any naturally occurring chemical element or compound,...

Section 2006. - 2006. “State Geologist” means the individual holding the office created...

Section 2006.5. - 2006.5. “Supervisor of Mine Reclamation” or “supervisor” means the individual...

Section 2007. - 2007. “Exploration” or “prospecting” means the search for minerals by...

Section 2008. - 2008. “Board” means the State Mining and Geology Board. (Added...

Section 2009. - 2009. “Geologic hazard” means a geologic condition that is a...

CHAPTER 2 - The California Geological Survey

Section 2200. - 2200. For the purposes of this chapter, “mine” includes all...

Section 2200.5. - 2200.5. For the purposes of this chapter, “lead agency” means...

Section 2201. - 2201. The survey shall carry out programs, in cooperation with...

Section 2202. - 2202. The director may do any of the following: (a)...

Section 2203. - 2203. The State Geologist shall provide all requested and recommended...

Section 2204. - 2204. The director may receive on behalf of this state,...

Section 2205. - 2205. (a) The State Geologist may do all of the...

Section 2205.1. - 2205.1. None of the provisions of Division 1 (commencing with...

Section 2206. - 2206. The State Geologist may prepare a special collection of...

Section 2206.1. - 2206.1. Notwithstanding Section 14670 of the Government Code, subject to...

Section 2207. - 2207. (a) The owner or the operator of a mining...

Section 2207.1. - 2207.1. A manufacturer or processor, at his option, may upon...

Section 2207.2. - 2207.2. (a) No later than December 31, 2021, the supervisor...

Section 2208. - 2208. The director or a qualified assistant may at any...

Section 2209. - 2209. The director may fix a price upon and dispose...

Section 2210. - 2210. All money received by the survey from sales of...

Section 2211. - 2211. The department is the primary state agency responsible for...

Section 2213. - 2213. (a) The survey shall establish a Geologic Carbon Sequestration...

CHAPTER 7.5 - Earthquake Fault Zoning

Section 2621. - 2621. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 2621.5. - 2621.5. (a) It is the purpose of this chapter to...

Section 2621.6. - 2621.6. (a) As used in this chapter, “project” means either...

Section 2621.7. - 2621.7. This chapter, except Section 2621.9, shall not apply to...

Section 2621.8. - 2621.8. Notwithstanding Section 818.2 of the Government Code, a city...

Section 2621.9. - 2621.9. (a) A person who is acting as an agent...

Section 2622. - 2622. (a) In order to assist cities and counties in...

Section 2623. - 2623. (a) The approval of a project by a city...

Section 2624. - 2624. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, cities and counties...

Section 2625. - 2625. (a) Each applicant for approval of a project may...

Section 2630. - 2630. In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the...

CHAPTER 7.6 - State Mining and Minerals Policy

Section 2650. - 2650. (a) It is the continuing policy of the State...

CHAPTER 7.8 - Seismic Hazards Mapping

Section 2690. - 2690. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 2691. - 2691. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 2692. - 2692. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 2692.1. - 2692.1. The State Geologist may include in maps compiled pursuant...

Section 2693. - 2693. As used in this chapter: (a) “City” and “county”...

Section 2694. - 2694. (a) A person who is acting as an agent...

Section 2695. - 2695. (a) On or before January 1, 1992, the board,...

Section 2696. - 2696. (a) The State Geologist shall compile maps identifying seismic...

Section 2697. - 2697. (a) Cities and counties shall require, prior to the...

Section 2698. - 2698. Nothing in this chapter is intended to prevent cities...

Section 2699. - 2699. Each city and county, in preparing the safety element...

Section 2699.5. - 2699.5. (a) There is hereby created the Seismic Hazards Identification...

Section 2699.6. - 2699.6. This chapter shall become operative on April 1, 1991....

CHAPTER 8 - Strong-Motion Instrumentation Program

Section 2700. - 2700. There is hereby established in the State of California...

Section 2701. - 2701. The survey shall organize and monitor the program with...

Section 2702. - 2702. The survey shall purchase, install, and maintain instruments in...

Section 2703. - 2703. The survey shall maintain and service the strong-motion instruments...

Section 2704. - 2704. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting...

Section 2705. - 2705. (a) A city, county, and city and county shall...

Section 2705.5. - 2705.5. The California Geological Survey shall advise counties and cities...

Section 2707. - 2707. The survey, upon the advice of the Seismic Safety...

Section 2709. - 2709. Any city or county that has been exempted from...

Section 2709.1. - 2709.1. (a) No strong-motion instrumentation shall be installed pursuant to...

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...

CHAPTER 10 - Earthquakes

Section 2800. - 2800. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 2801. - 2801. As used in this chapter: (a) “Long-term prediction” means...

Section 2802. - 2802. (a) The department shall develop jointly with the United...

Section 2803. - 2803. (a) Concurrently with the development of the Parkfield prototype...

Section 2804. - 2804. The department and the Seismic Safety Commission may solicit...

CHAPTER 11 - Earthquake Education

Section 2805. - 2805. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 2806. - 2806. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a)...

Section 2807. - 2807. (a) There is hereby established a project for the...

Section 2808. - 2808. The objectives of the project are all of the...

CHAPTER 12 - Earthquake Preparedness

Section 2810. - 2810. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 2811. - 2811. As used in this chapter: (a) “Agency” or “office”...

Section 2812. - 2812. (a) The projects authorized by this chapter shall promote...

Section 2814. - 2814. The earthquake preparedness activities established under this chapter shall...

Section 2815. - 2815. The Office of Emergency Services may enter into agreements...