State policy shall apply to the conduct of surface mining operations and shall include, but shall not be limited to, measures to be employed by lead agencies in specifying grading, backfilling, resoiling, revegetation, soil compaction, and other reclamation requirements, and for soil erosion control, water quality and watershed control, waste disposal, and flood control.
Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 2756
State Policy for the Reclamation of Mined Lands
Known as the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act
The act spans §§ 2710–2796 (76 sections).
Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 800, Sec. 3
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