Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE46 MINES AND MINERALS |
CHAPTER519A. Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects |
GENERAL PROVISIONS |
NRS519A.120. “Small mining operation” defined.
Latest version.
- “Small mining operation” means a person who disturbs less than 5 acres of land in any calendar year. To determine the area of the surface disturbed, all land disturbed and left unreclaimed by an operator within a 1-mile radius of the center of the project must be considered.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1282; A 1991, 1944)