MINERAL v. STATE MINING AND GEOLOGY BOARD
Filed 4/12/06
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
(Sacramento)
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| MINERAL ASSOCIATIONS COALITION et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. STATE MINING AND GEOLOGY BOARD, Defendant and Respondent. | C049201
(Super. Ct. No. 04AS03539)
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Pointing out that the Director is not only a co-beneficiary of the financial assurances posted by the mine operator (§ 2773.1, subd. (a)), but has the power to seek forfeiture of those assurances and undertake reclamation of mine sites where the operator is incapable of doing so (id. at subds. (b)(4), (d)), the court in El Dorado concluded that â€
