ARTICLE 5. Reclamation Plans and the Conduct of Surface Mining Operations
Article 5 added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1131.
§§ 2770–2779 · 32 sections
- § 2770 (a) Except as provided in this section, a person shall not conduct surface mining operations unless a permit is obtained from, a reclamation plan has been…
- § 2770.1 For the purposes of a borrow pit surface mining operation that is owned or operated by a lead agency solely for use by that lead agency, all of the following…
- § 2770.5 Whenever surface mining operations are proposed in the 100-year flood plain for any stream, as shown in Zone A of Flood Insurance Rate Maps issued by the…
- § 2770.6 (a) Whenever surface mining operations are proposed within the boundaries of the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority that may penetrate the groundwater,…
- § 2771 Whenever a proposed or existing surface mining operation is within the jurisdiction of two or more public agencies, is a permitted use within the agencies, and…
- § 2772 (a) The reclamation plan shall be filed with the lead agency, on a form provided by the lead agency, by any person who owns, leases, or otherwise controls or…
- § 2772.1 (a) (1) Prior to approving a surface mining operation’s reclamation plan or plan amendment, the lead agency shall submit the reclamation plan or plan amendment…
- § 2772.5 (a) A reclamation plan by any person who owns, leases, or otherwise controls or operates on all, or any portion of any, mined lands within the boundaries of…
- § 2772.6 (a) In addition to meeting the requirements of Section 2773.1, the financial assurance cost estimate required of a surface mining operation within the…
- § 2772.7 (a) A lead agency, upon approval of a reclamation plan or an amendment to a reclamation plan, shall record a “Notice of Reclamation Plan Approval” with the…
- § 2773 (a) The reclamation plan shall be applicable to a specific piece of property or properties, shall be based upon the character of the surrounding area and such…
- § 2773.1 (a) Lead agencies shall require financial assurances of each surface mining operation to ensure reclamation is performed in accordance with the surface mining…
- § 2773.1.5 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 2773.1, a financial assurance mechanism may include corporate financial tests combined with surety bonds,…
- § 2773.15 Notwithstanding Section 2773.1, a surety bond that was executed by any personal surety that was approved by the lead agency prior to February 13, 1998, to…
- § 2773.2 The mineral owner and owner of the surface estate, if legally entitled to do so, shall allow access to the property on which the mining operation is located to…
- § 2773.3 (a) In addition to other reclamation plan requirements of this chapter and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to this chapter, a lead agency may not…
- § 2773.4 (a) (1) Prior to approving the financial assurance cost estimate for a new reclamation plan or adjustments to the financial assurance cost estimate based on an…
- § 2773.5 Section 2773.3 does not apply to either of the following: (a) Any surface mining operation in existence on January 1, 2003, for which the lead agency has…
- § 2774 (a) Every lead agency shall adopt ordinances in accordance with state policy that establish procedures for the review and approval of reclamation plans and…
- § 2774.1 (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (i) of Section 2770, if the lead agency or the supervisor determines, based upon an annual inspection pursuant to…
- § 2774.2 (a) Within 30 days of the issuance of an order setting administrative penalties under subdivision (c) of Section 2774.1, the operator may petition the…
- § 2774.2.5 (a) A lead agency shall submit to the supervisor, in an electronic format determined by the Division of Mine Reclamation, official copies of all of the…
- § 2774.3 The board shall review lead agency ordinances which establish permit and reclamation procedures to determine whether each ordinance is in accordance with state…
- § 2774.4 (a) The board shall exercise some or all of a lead agency’s powers under this chapter pursuant to subdivision (c), except for permitting authority and vested…
- § 2774.5 (a) If, upon review of an ordinance, the board finds that it is not in accordance with state policy, the board shall communicate the ordinance’s deficiencies…
- § 2775 (a) An applicant whose request for a permit to conduct surface mining operations in an area of statewide or regional significance has been denied by a lead…
- § 2776 (a) No person who has obtained a vested right to conduct surface mining operations prior to January 1, 1976, shall be required to secure a permit pursuant to…
- § 2777 Amendments to an approved reclamation plan may be submitted detailing proposed changes from the original plan. Substantial deviations from the original plan…
- § 2777.3 (a) The construction and operation of a renewable energy generation facility on disturbed mined lands, including all foundations and other installations,…
- § 2777.5 (a) An operator who has failed to properly report a mine’s mineral production or mine status in any previous year, pursuant to the annual reporting requirement…
- § 2778 (a) Reclamation plans, reports, applications, and other documents submitted pursuant to this chapter are public records, unless it can be demonstrated to the…
- § 2779 Whenever one operator succeeds to the interest of another in any incompleted surface mining operation by sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, exchange, or…