47-1501. PURPOSE OF CHAPTER. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare through measures to reclaim the surface of all the lands within the state disturbed by exploration and surface and underground mining operations and measures to assure the proper closure of cyanidation facilities and thereby conserve natural resources, aid in the protection of wildlife, domestic animals, and aquatic resources, and reduce soil erosion.
History:
[47-1501, added 1971, ch. 206, sec. 1, p. 898; am. 1973, ch. 180, sec. 1, p. 415; am. 2005, ch. 167, sec. 3, p. 512; am. 2019, ch. 226, sec. 2, p. 694.]
Structure Idaho Code
Chapter 15 - MINED LAND RECLAMATION
Section 47-1501 - PURPOSE OF CHAPTER.
Section 47-1502 - SHORT TITLE.
Section 47-1503 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 47-1504 - BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS — RESPONSIBILITY.
Section 47-1505 - DUTIES AND POWERS OF BOARD.
Section 47-1506 - OPERATOR — DUTIES PRIOR TO OPERATION — SUBMISSION OF MAPS AND PLANS.
Section 47-1507 - PLAN — APPROVAL OR REJECTION BY BOARD — HEARING.
Section 47-1508 - AMENDED PLAN — SUPPLEMENTAL PLAN — SUBMISSION.
Section 47-1509 - PROCEDURES IN RECLAMATION.
Section 47-1510 - VEGETATION PLANTING.
Section 47-1511 - RECLAMATION ACTIVITIES — TIME LIMITATIONS.
Section 47-1512 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE — REQUISITES.
Section 47-1514 - APPEAL FROM FINAL ORDER — PROCEDURE.
Section 47-1515 - INFORMATION.
Section 47-1516 - DEPOSIT OF FORFEITURES AND DAMAGES.
Section 47-1517 - CONDUCT OF ACTIVITIES.
Section 47-1518 - EFFECTIVE DATE — APPLICATION OF CHAPTER.
Section 47-1519 - APPLICATION OF CHAPTER TO MINERAL EXTRACTION FOR PUBLIC HIGHWAY PURPOSES.