Public Resources Code - PRC
DIVISION 2. GEOLOGY, MINES AND MINING [2001 - 2815]
( Heading of Division 2 amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1143. ) CHAPTER 9. Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 [2710 - 2796.5]
( Chapter 9 added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1131. ) ARTICLE 2. Definitions [2725 - 2736]
( Article 2 added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1131. ) 2733.
“Reclamation” means the combined process of land treatment that minimizes water degradation, air pollution, damage to aquatic or wildlife habitat, flooding, erosion, and other adverse effects from surface mining operations, including adverse surface effects incidental to underground mines, so that mined lands are reclaimed to a usable condition that is readily adaptable for alternate land uses and create no danger to public health or safety. The process may extend to affected lands surrounding mined lands, and may require backfilling, grading, resoiling, revegetation, soil compaction, slope stabilization, or other measures.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 7, Sec. 3. (AB 1142) Effective January 1, 2017.)