Change to Idle Mine Provisions Gives Operators a Chance for a Cure

摘要

On October 5, 2011, Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 108, 2011-2012 Reg. Sess. (Cal. 2011) (SB 108), approving proposed changes to the "idle mine" provisions in the California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 (SMARA). Cal. Pub. Res. Code §§ 2710-2797. Volume XXVIII, No. 2 (2011) of this Newsletter outlined the key provisions of the bill, as well as its history as of May 18, 2011.