The Legislature of South Dakota finds that protection of the environment requires regulation of the total amount of land that can be disturbed by surface mining by large-scale gold or silver surface mining operations at any given time.
S.D. Codified Laws § 45-6B-94
Gold or silver surface mining--Legislative findings
Known as the South Dakota Mined Land Reclamation Act
The act spans §§ 45–45 (109 sections).
Source: Initiated Measure No. 2, approved November 3, 1992, effective November 19, 1992.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.