ARTICLE 2. Definitions
Article 2 added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1131.
§§ 2725–2736 · 14 sections
- § 2725 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article shall govern the construction of this chapter.
- § 2726 “Area of regional significance” means an area designated by the board pursuant to Section 2790 which is known to contain a deposit of minerals, the extraction…
- § 2727 “Area of statewide significance” means an area designated by the board pursuant to Section 2790 which is known to contain a deposit of minerals, the extraction…
- § 2727.1 “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…
- § 2728 “Lead agency” means the city, county, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, or the board which has the principal responsibility for…
- § 2729 “Mined lands” includes the surface, subsurface, and ground water of an area in which surface mining operations will be, are being, or have been conducted,…
- § 2730 “Mining waste” includes the residual of soil, rock, mineral, liquid, vegetation, equipment, machines, tools, or other materials or property directly resulting…
- § 2731 “Operator” means any person who is engaged in surface mining operations, himself, or who contracts with others to conduct operations on his behalf, except a…
- § 2732 “Overburden” means soil, rock, or other materials that lie above a natural mineral deposit or in between mineral deposits, before or after their removal by…
- § 2732.5 “Permit” means any authorization from, or approval by, a lead agency, the absence of which would preclude surface mining operations.
- § 2733 “Reclamation” means the combined process of land treatment that minimizes water degradation, air pollution, damage to aquatic or wildlife habitat, flooding,…
- § 2734 “State policy” means the regulations adopted by the board pursuant to Section 2755.
- § 2735 “Surface mining operations” means all, or any part of, the process involved in the mining of minerals on mined lands by removing overburden and mining directly…
- § 2736 “Financial assurances” means a current approved financial assurance cost estimate and a financial assurance mechanism that is at least equal to the current…