“Mining waste” includes the residual of soil, rock, mineral, liquid, vegetation, equipment, machines, tools, or other materials or property directly resulting from, or displaced by, surface mining operations.
Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 2730
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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.