Terms Used In Idaho Code 47-1315

  • Natural watercourse: means any stream in the state of Idaho having definite bed and banks, and which confines and conducts continuously flowing water. See Idaho Code 47-1313
  • Person: means any person, corporation, partnership, association, or public or governmental agency engaged in placer or dredge mining, whether individually, jointly, or through subsidiaries, agents, employees, or contractors. See Idaho Code 47-1313
  • Placer or dredge mining operation: means placer or dredge mining which disturbs in excess of one-half (1/2) acre of land. See Idaho Code 47-1313
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
Where any person conducts a placer or dredge mining operation where the water used in such mining process flows in, or into a natural watercourse, such person shall construct and use settling ponds of sufficient capacity and character and/or install and use filtration processes fully adequate to clarify the water used in the mining process to conform to the standards and rules of the state department of environmental quality regarding water quality as authorized under chapter 1, title 39, Idaho Code, before such water is discharged into the natural watercourse.