Underground mining and associated nondegrading surface disturbances may be allowed within and beneath land determined to be special, exceptional, critical, or unique provided the design and operating plans include provisions that eliminate any major surface disturbance that would severely affect the area or endanger recreational use.

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Source: SL 1989, ch 381, § 8.