Section 45-6B-94 - Gold or silver surface mining--Legislative findings.

45-6B-94. Gold or silver surface mining--Legislative findings. The Legislature of South Dakota finds that protection of the environment requires regulation of the total amount of land that can be disturbed by surface mining by large-scale gold or silver surface mining operations at any given time.

Source: Initiated Measure No. 2, approved November 3, 1992, effective November 19, 1992.