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ORS 517.750 Definitions for ORS 517.702 to 517.989
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As used in ORS 517.702 to 517.989, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Board” means the governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. (2) “Completion” means termination of surface mining activities including reclamation of the surface-mined la…
ORS 517.753 Exclusion certificate required for certain small-scale surface mining operations; application; fees
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(1) Notwithstanding the yard and acre limitations of ORS 517.750 (16), a person may not engage in surface mining that results in the extraction of 5,000 cubic yards or less of minerals or affects less than one acre of land within a period of 12 consecutive calendar months except …
ORS 517.755 Mining operations affecting more than five acres
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Notwithstanding the yard and acre limitations of ORS 517.750 (16), as soon as any mining operation begun after July 1, 1975, affects more than five acres of land the provisions of ORS 517.702 to 517.989 apply to the mining operation. [1975 c.724 §1a; 1979 c.435 §3; 1985 c.292 §3;…
ORS 517.760 Policy
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(1) The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: (a) It is the policy of the State of Oregon to recognize the important and essential contribution that the extraction of minerals makes to the economic well-being of the state and the nation and to prevent unacceptable adverse…