13397. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Thousands of abandoned mines have been identified in this state. Waste, including acid rock drainage from abandoned mines, has a devastating effect on aquatic life and has degraded some major water bodies in the state. Abandoned mines are the overwhelming source of copper loading to […]
13397.5. Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Abandoned mine waste” means the residual of soil, rock, mineral, liquid, vegetation, equipment, machines, tools, or other materials or property on, or discharging from, abandoned mined lands, directly resulting from, or displaced by, surface mining operations. (b) “Abandoned mined lands” has […]
13398. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a remediating agency that has implemented an approved remediation plan, or a public agency that is effecting reclamation of a mine site pursuant to the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 2710) of Division 2 of the Public Resources Code), shall not […]
13398.3. The remediation plan to be submitted by a remediating agency to the oversight agency shall include all of the following: (a) Identification of the remediating agency, and a certification that the remediating agency is a remediating agency as defined in this chapter. (b) Identification of the abandoned mined lands that are the subject of the plan. […]
13398.5. The oversight agency shall do all of the following: (a) Comply with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) in connection with the review of any remediation plan. (b) Provide an opportunity for public review of, and comment with regard to, the remediation plan. […]
13398.7. (a) The oversight agency may approve the remediation plan if the oversight agency finds that there is substantial evidence in the record that the plan will substantially improve water quality affected by abandoned mine waste. (b) The oversight agency may approve a remediation plan for a project that the remediating agency implemented prior to January 1, […]
13398.9. (a) This chapter has no effect on the tort liability of a remediating agency for personal injury or wrongful death. (b) This chapter has no effect on the liability of a remediating agency based upon activities other than those undertaken in connection with the implementation of an approved remediation plan. (c) This chapter has no effect on […]
