Arizona Laws 27-924. Inactive mining units
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A. At an inactive mining unit, the following are not subject to the requirements of this chapter:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 27-924
- Exploration operations: means activities that create surface disturbances outside a mining facility and that are conducted to determine the presence, location, extent, depth or grade of minerals, including constructing access roads and drill pads. See Arizona Laws 27-901
- Inactive mining unit: means a mining unit that has not been operated after January 1, 1986 and for which there is a current identifiable owner or operator other than the federal or state government. See Arizona Laws 27-901
- Maintenance: means an activity to preserve or repair the function of previously disturbed land, including grading roads, repairing berms or dams and dredging sedimentation basins. See Arizona Laws 27-901
- Mineral: means any metalliferous material extracted from the earth, including gold, silver, copper, molybdenum, zinc and lead and other materials that are used as feedstocks in producing metalliferous materials. See Arizona Laws 27-901
- Mining unit: means an individual portion of a mining facility that encompasses one or more surface disturbances. See Arizona Laws 27-901
- Reclamation: means measures that are taken on surface disturbances at exploration operations and mining units to achieve stability and safety consistent with post-mining land use objectives specified in the reclamation plan. See Arizona Laws 27-901
1. Voluntary reclamation measures that are not required by federal or state law, regulation or permit.
2. Actions that are required to comply with other local, state or federal laws, regulations, permits, orders or decrees.
3. Maintenance activities.
B. Exploration operations and mineral development, mining, concentrating and leaching activities at an inactive mining unit are subject to the requirements of this chapter only with respect to new surface disturbances created by those operations and activities.