{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prc-21151.7","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PRC § 21151.7","heading":"","body":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a lead agency shall prepare or cause to be prepared by contract, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report for any open-pit mining operation that is subject to the permit requirements or reclamation plan requirements of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 2710) of Division 2) and utilizes a cyanide heap-leaching process for the purpose of producing gold or other metallic minerals.","path":["Public Resources Code - PRC","DIVISION 13. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY [21000. - 21189.91.]","CHAPTER 4. Local Agencies [21150. - 21154.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"6e21e0a08850e88de387d9d909f621ca4444d5c8d8be03a32457bc7bedf75e91","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prc-21151.5","next":"us-ca/prc-21151.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}