Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 27 > Chapter 6 > Article 3 - Exploration Operations Reclamation Plan

• Exploration operations: means activities that create surface disturbances outside an aggregate mining facility and that are conducted to determine the presence, location, extent, depth or grade of aggregate, including constructing access roads and drill pads. See Arizona Laws 27-1201
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Inspector: means the state mine inspector. See Arizona Laws 27-1201
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Reclamation: means measures that are taken on surface disturbances at exploration operations and aggregate mining units to achieve stability and safety consistent with postaggregate mining land use objectives specified in the reclamation plan. See Arizona Laws 27-1201
• Surface disturbance: means clearing, covering or moving land by means of mechanized earthmoving equipment for aggregate mining and exploration but does not include surveying, assessment and location work, seismic work, maintenance and other such activities that create a de minimis disturbance. See Arizona Laws 27-1201