Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 47-1501 (2026)
Purpose of chapter.
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Purpose of chapter.
It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare through measures to reclaim the surface of all the lands within the state disturbed by exploration and surface and underground mining operations and measures to assure the proper closure of cyanidation facilities and thereby conserve natural resources, aid in the protection of wildlife, domestic animals, and aquatic resources, and reduce soil erosion.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1976–1986 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Andrus v. Click, 554 P.2d 969 (Idaho 1976).
State Ex Rel. Andrus v. Click, 554 P.2d 969 (Idaho 1976). “According to respondents the legislature has imposed more stringent burdens on placer and dredge miners than on open pit miners, who are regulated by the Idaho Surface Mining Act, I.C. § 47-1501 et seq. In determining whether the Idaho Dredge Mining Act violates the equal…”
Cooper v. Unimin Corp., 639 F. Supp. 1208 (D. Idaho 1986). “The Idaho Surface Mining Act, Idaho Code § 47-1501 et seq. It is fundamental that in order for a statutory or regulatory provision to create a duty of care, the plaintiff must be within the class of persons that the statute or regulation was intended to protect.”
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