Sec. 10-4.214. Interim management plan.

   "Interim management plan" shall mean an amendment to the approved reclamation plan to provide measures for maintaining an idle mine site until operations are resumed.

(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)

Sec. 10-4.215. Mined lands.

   "Mined lands" shall mean the surface, subsurface, and groundwater of an area in which surface mining operations will be, are being, or have been conducted, including private ways and roads appurtenant to any such area, land excavations, workings, mining waste, and areas in which structures, facilities, equipment, machines, tools, or other materials or property which result from, or are used in, surface mining operations are located.

(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)

Sec. 10-4.216. Mining waste.

   "Mining waste" shall mean the residual of soil, rock, mineral, liquid, vegetation, equipment, machines, tools, or other materials or property directly resulting from, or displaced by, surface mining operations.

(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)

Sec. 10-4.217. Minor modification.

   "Minor modification" shall mean a change in the approved mining plan that does not substantially alter the intent or the conditions of the mining plan.

(§ 1 Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)

Sec. 10-4.218. Operator.

   "Operator" shall mean any person who is engaged in surface mining operations, or who contracts with others to conduct operations on their behalf, except a person who is engaged in surface mining operations as an employee with wages as their sole compensation.

(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)

Sec. 10-4.219. Overburden.

   "Overburden" shall mean soil, rock, or other materials that lie above a natural mineral deposit or between mineral deposits, before or after their removal by surface mining operations.

(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)

Sec. 10-4.220. Prime agricultural land.

   "Prime agricultural land" shall mean all land which meets the definition of prime agricultural land set forth in Section 51201 of the Government Code of the State as administered by the County in the administration of its agricultural preserve program.

(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)