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Section 45-6B-33 - Unsuitable land--No permit issued.

45-6B-33. Unsuitable land--No permit issued. No permit may be issued for a mining operation proposed on unsuitable land. Land is unsuitable if the following conditions cannot be satisfactorily mitigated:
(1) Reclamation of the affected land pursuant to the requirements of this chapter is not physically or economically feasible;
(2) Substantial disposition of sediment in stream or lake beds, landslides, or water pollution cannot feasibly be prevented;
(3) The land to be affected by a proposed mining operation includes land that is special, exceptional, critical, or unique as defined in § 45-6B-33.3 and satisfactory mitigation is not possible;
(4) The proposed mining operation will result in the loss or reduction of long-range productivity of aquifer, public and domestic water wells, watershed lands, aquifer recharge areas, or significant agricultural areas;
(5) The biological productivity of the land is such that the loss would jeopardize threatened or endangered species of wildlife indigenous to the area; or
(6) The board finds that any probable adverse socioeconomic impacts of the proposed mining operation outweigh the probable beneficial impacts of the operation.

Source: SL 1982, ch 305, § 33; SL 1987, ch 320, § 1; SL 1989, ch 381, § 1.

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