Chapter 5 — SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION

Sec. 10-5.101. Title.¶

Sec. 10-5.102. Authority.¶

Sec. 10-5.103. Purposes.¶

Sec. 10-5.201. Scope.¶

Sec. 10-5.202. Abandon: Abandonment.¶

Sec. 10-5.203. Act.¶

Sec. 10-5.204. Agency.¶

Sec. 10-5.205. Board.¶

Sec. 10-5.206. CEQA.¶

Sec. 10-5.207. Commission.¶

Sec. 10-5.208. County.¶

Sec. 10-5.209. Department.¶

Sec. 10-5.210. Director.¶

Sec. 10-5.211. Financial assurances.¶

Sec. 10-5.212. Haul road.¶

Sec. 10-5.213. Idle.¶

Sec. 10-5.214. Interim management plan.¶

Sec. 10-5.215. Irrevocable letter of credit.¶

Sec. 10-5.216. Mined lands.¶

Sec. 10-5.217. Mining waste.¶

Sec. 10-5.218. Minor modification.¶

Sec. 10-5.219. Operator.¶

Sec. 10-5.220. Overburden.¶

Sec. 10-5.221. Prime agricultural land.¶

Sec. 10-5.222. Reclamation.¶

Sec. 10-5.223. Reclamation plan.¶

Sec. 10-5.224. Regulations.¶

Sec. 10-5.225. Responsible agency.¶

Sec. 10-5.226. Slope.¶

Sec. 10-5.227. State CEQA guidelines.¶

Sec. 10-5.228. Surety bond.¶

Sec. 10-5.229. Surface mining operations.¶

Sec. 10-5.230. Trustee agency.¶

Sec. 10-5.231. Trust fund.¶

Sec. 10-5.301. Incorporation by reference.¶

Sec. 10-5.302. Scope of regulations.¶

Sec. 10-5.303. Scope: Area defined.¶

Sec. 10-5.304. Exemptions: Defined.¶

Sec. 10-5.305. Exemptions: Applications.¶

Sec. 10-5.501. Reclamation standards: Scope.¶

Sec. 10-5.502. Aesthetics.¶

Sec. 10-5.503. Backfilled excavations: Groundwater flow impacts.¶

Sec. 10-5.504. Backfilled excavations: Improvements.¶

Sec. 10-5.505. Backfilled excavations: Inspections.¶

Sec. 10-5.506. Bank stabilization maintenance.¶

Sec. 10-5.507. Drainage.¶

Sec. 10-5.508. Erosion control.¶

Sec. 10-5.509. Fence row habitat.¶

Sec. 10-5.510. Fencing.¶

Sec. 10-5.511. Field drainage.¶

Sec. 10-5.512. Field releveling.¶

Sec. 10-5.513. Floodplain development.¶

Sec. 10-5.514. Habitat conservation plan compliance.¶

Sec. 10-5.515. Habitat plan referral.¶

Sec. 10-5.516. Lowered elevations for reclaimed agricultural fields.¶

Sec. 10-5.517. Mercury bioaccumulation in fish.¶

Sec. 10-5.518. Mining in reclaimed lands.¶

Sec. 10-5.519. Motorized watercraft prohibition.¶

Sec. 10-5.520. Operational areas.¶

Sec. 10-5.520.1. Parkway Plan consistency.¶

Sec. 10-5.520.2. Permanent easements.¶

Sec. 10-5.521. Permanent stockpiles.¶

Sec. 10-5.522. Phasing plans.¶

Sec. 10-5.523. Planting plans.¶

Sec. 10-5.524. Post-reclamation groundwater monitoring.¶

Sec. 10-5.525. Farmland conversion.¶

Sec. 10-5.526. Repair of damage due to natural disaster.¶

Sec. 10-5.527. Recreational and habitat uses of permanent wet pits.¶

Sec. 10-5.528. Sewage storage prohibition.¶

Sec. 10-5.529. Shallow depths.¶

Sec. 10-5.530. Slopes.¶

Sec. 10-5.531. Soil ripping.¶

Sec. 10-5.532. Use of overburden and fine sediments in reclamation.¶

Sec. 10-5.533. Wetland habitat.¶

Sec. 10-5.534. Exceptions.¶

Sec. 10-5.601. Applications: Contents.¶

Sec. 10-5.602. Applications: Waiver of information.¶

Sec. 10-5.603. Applications: Confidentiality.¶

Sec. 10-5.604. Applications: Filing.¶

Sec. 10-5.605. Applications: Review.¶

Sec. 10-5.606. Applications: Public hearing.¶

Sec. 10-5.607. Public hearing: Notice.¶

Sec. 10-5.608. Public hearing: Review.¶

Sec. 10-5.609. Public hearing: Conflict of comments.¶

Sec. 10-5.610. Public hearing: Findings for approval.¶

Sec. 10-5.611. Public hearing: Decision.¶

Sec. 10-5.701. Financial assurances: Scope.¶

Sec. 10-5.702. Financial assurances: Form.¶

Sec. 10-5.703. Financial assurances: Pledges of revenue.¶

Sec. 10-5.704. Financial assurances: Budget set asides.¶

Sec. 10-5.705. Financial assurances: Term.¶

Sec. 10-5.706. Financial assurances: Calculations.¶

Sec. 10-5.707. Financial assurances: Phasing.¶

Sec. 10-5.708. Financial assurances: Annual adjustments.¶

Sec. 10-5.709. Financial assurances: Review.¶

Sec. 10-5.710. Financial assurances: Transfer.¶

Sec. 10-5.711. Financial assurances: Release.¶

Sec. 10-5.712. Financial assurances: Disasters.¶

Sec. 10-5.801. Amendments and modifications: Purpose.¶

Sec. 10-5.802. Amendments: Applications.¶

Sec. 10-5.803. Amendments: Exceptions and changes.¶

Sec. 10-5.804. Minor modifications.¶

Sec. 10-5.805. Interim management plans: Scope.¶

Sec. 10-5.806. Interim management plans: Application.¶

Sec. 10-5.807. Interim management plans: Incomplete.¶

Sec. 10-5.808. Interim management plans: Review.¶

Sec. 10-5.809. Interim management plans: Appeal.¶

Sec. 10-5.810. Interim management plans: Term.¶

Sec. 10-5.811. Interim management plans: Financial assurances.¶

Sec. 10-5.812. Interim management plans: Abandonment.¶

Sec. 10-5.813. Interim management plans: Conditions.¶

Sec. 10-5.814. Interim permit review.¶

Sec. 10-5.901. Abandonment: Hearing.¶

Sec. 10-5.902. Abandonment: Notice.¶

Sec. 10-5.903. Abandonment: Forfeit of financial assurances.¶

Sec. 10-5.904. Abandonment: Reclamation.¶

Sec. 10-5.905. Abandonment: Use of financial assurances.¶

Sec. 10-5.1001. Fees: Applications.¶

Sec. 10-5.1002. Annual reviews.¶

Sec. 10-5.1101. Appeals: Planning Commission.¶

Sec. 10-5.1102. Planning Commission: Hearings.¶

Sec. 10-5.1103. Appeals: Board of Supervisors.¶

Sec. 10-5.1104. Board of Supervisors: Hearing.¶

Sec. 10-5.1105. Appeals: Scope.¶

Sec. 10-5.1106. Appeals: Withdrawal.¶

Sec. 10-5.1107. Appeals: State Mining and Geology Board.¶

Sec. 10-5.1108. Appeals: Judicial review.¶

Sec. 10-5.1201. Inspections: Purpose.¶

Sec. 10-5.1202. Inspections: Annual.¶

Sec. 10-5.1203. Annual inspections: Notification.¶

Sec. 10-5.1204. Inspections: Designee.¶

Sec. 10-5.1205. Annual compliance review.¶

Sec. 10-5.1206. Violations: Notice.¶

Sec. 10-5.1207. Violations: Order to comply.¶

Sec. 10-5.1208. Violations: Hearing.¶

Sec. 10-5.1209. Violations: Abandonment.¶

Sec. 10-5.1210. Violations: Administrative penalties.¶

Sec. 10-5.1211. Violations: Public nuisance.¶