Lead agencies should be aware that the public comment period on a proposed new State Mining and Geology Board (SMGB) regulation ends today, September 30, 2013, at 5 p.m. The proposed regulation would add new Article 16 to the SMGB regulations that im…
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INTRODUCTION The Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 (Pub. Resources Code, § 2710 et seq. [“SMARA”]) includes provisions applicable to “idle” mines. These provisions, never a centerpiece of SMARA practice or compliance…
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