“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, including private ways and roads appurtenant to any such area, land excavations, workings, mining waste, and areas in which structures, facilities, equipment, machines, tools, or other materials or property which result from, or are used in, surface mining operations are located.
Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 2729
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Known as the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act
The act spans §§ 2710–2796 (76 sections).
Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1131.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.