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§ 40-8-3 — Purpose.

Utah § 40-8-3
JurisdictionUtah
Title 40Mines and Mining
Ch. 40-8Utah Mined Land Reclamation Act

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Utah Code Ann. § 40-8-3 (2026).

Text

The purpose of this act is to provide that from the effective date of the act, except as otherwise provided in this act, all mining in the state shall include plans for reclamation of the land affected.

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Legislative History

Enacted by Chapter 130, 1975 General Session

Nearby Sections

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§ 40-1-1
Lode claims -- Size and shape -- Discovery necessary.
§ 40-1-10
Certified copies of records evidence.
§ 40-1-11
Interfering with notices, stakes, or monuments -- Penalty.
§ 40-1-12
Damages for wrongful removal of ores.
§ 40-1-2
Discovery monument -- Notice of location -- Contents.
§ 40-1-3
Boundaries to be marked.
§ 40-1-4
Copy of location notice to be recorded.
§ 40-1-6
Affidavit of performance of annual labor or payment of maintenance fee.
§ 40-1-7
District recorders -- Office abolished.
§ 40-1-8
Vacancy and removal -- County recorder to receive records.
§ 40-1-9
County recorder may certify district records.
§ 40-10-1
Legislative finding.
§ 40-10-10
Permit application fee -- Submission of application and reclamation plan -- Determinations, tests, and samplings -- Filing of application -- Insurance required -- Blasting plan.
§ 40-10-11
Division action on permit application -- Requirements for approval -- List of applicant's mining law violation -- Restoration of prime farmland.
§ 40-10-12
Revised permit and reclamation plan -- Application -- Transfer, assignment, or sale of rights -- Revision or modification of permit provisions.
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