{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-49-411","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 49-411","heading":"Commencement of reclamation, when; grading.","body":"An operator shall commence the reclamation of the area of land affected by its operation contemporaneous with the surface mining of that area in accordance with a plan of reclamation required by the mined-land conservation and reclamation act and rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. Except as otherwise provided in the mined-land conservation and reclamation act or rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, grading shall be kept current with the operation as required herein, and no permit or supplement to a permit shall be issued if these practices are not current.","path":["Chapter 49.—MINES AND MINING","Article 4.—MINED-LAND CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch49/049_004_0011.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:18:31Z","sha256":"40b5527f22f78a46b0cee8a84504f1013080d1cd9b4efffcc9dcb4a191aa2098","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-49-410","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-49-413"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}