California Public Resources Code

§ 2773.3

PRC § 2773.3 Effective Jan 1, 2018Div. 2 · Ch. 9 · Art. 5

Statute text

(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 approve a reclamation plan for a surface mining operation for gold, silver, copper, or other metallic minerals or financial assurances for the operation, if the operation is located on, or within one mile of, any Native American sacred site and is located in an area of special concern, unless both of the following criteria are met:

(1)The reclamation plan requires that all excavations be backfilled and graded to do both of the following:

(A)Achieve the approximate original contours of the mined lands prior to mining.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 521, Sec. 40. (SB 809) Effective January 1, 2018.