{"code":"PRC","codeName":"Public Resources Code","section":"2727.1","citation":"Pub. Resources Code, § 2727.1","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. GEOLOGY, MINES AND MINING [2001. - 2815.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/division-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 9. Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 [2710. - 2796.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/division-2/chapter-9"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Definitions [2725. - 2736.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/division-2/chapter-9/article-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 491, Sec. 1.   (SB 108)   Effective January 1, 2012.","effective":"2012-01-01","html":"<p>“Idle” means that an operator of a surface mining operation has curtailed production at the surface mining operation, with the intent to resume the surface mining operation at a future date, for a period of one year or more by more than 90 percent of its maximum annual mineral production within any of the last five years during which an interim management plan has not been approved.</p>","text":"“Idle” means that an operator of a surface mining operation has curtailed production at the surface mining operation, with the intent to resume the surface mining operation at a future date, for a period of one year or more by more than 90 percent of its maximum annual mineral production within any of the last five years during which an interim management plan has not been approved.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/definitions-2727-1","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}