2013 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 45 - MINING, OIL AND GAS
Chapter 06B - Mined Land Reclamation
§ 45-6B-95 Permits for new large-scale operations--Limitations.
45-6B-95. Permits for new large-scale operations--Limitations. The board may not issue a permit for a new large-scale gold or silver surface mining operation if the proposed surface mining disturbed lands under that permit shall exceed three hundred twenty acres. Nor may the board issue new permits or amendments to existing permits for new large-scale gold or silver surface mining operations for expanded acres of surface mining disturbed lands until reclamation has been performed in accord with § 45-6B-97.
Source: Initiated Measure No. 2, approved November 3, 1992, effective November 19, 1992.
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