Reclamation definition

Reclamation means the United States Bureau of Reclamation.
Reclamation means the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation.
Reclamation means the employment during and after a mining operation of procedures reasonably designed to minimize as much as practicable the disruption from the mining operation and to provide for the establishment of plant cover, stabilization of soil, the protection of water resources, or other measures appropriate to the subsequent beneficial use of such affected lands. Reclamation shall be conducted in accordance with the performance standards of this article.

Examples of Reclamation in a sentence

  • The United States Bureau of Reclamation (United States) has constructed the Dallas Creek Project (Project), a CRSP Participating Project, located in Ouray County.

  • Employees are required to pay for all cleaning of their work clothing and uniforms, unless otherwise provided in COBEA Agreements, with the exception of Public Works mechanics, Collection System Maintenance Workers, Water Reclamation Facility Operators & Maintenance staff, whose work clothing will be laundered at City expense.

  • Reclamation is currently operating the overall CVP system to meet all regulatory requirements, downstream water needs, and environmental requirements.

  • Northern California Area Office, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior.

  • Mid-Pacific Region, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior.


More Definitions of Reclamation

Reclamation means the treatment of domestic, municipal, or industrial wastewater or sewage to
Reclamation means the reprocessing of a recovered fluorinated greenhouse gas in order to match the equivalent performance of a virgin substance, taking into account its intended use;
Reclamation means the combined process of land treatment that minimizes water degradation, air pollution, damage to aquatic or wildlife habitat, flooding, erosion, threats to public health or safety, and other adverse effects from surface mining operations, including adverse surface effects incidental to underground mines, so that mined lands are reclaimed to a usable condition which is readily adaptable for alternate land uses. The process may extend to affected lands surrounding mined lands, and may require backfilling, grading, resoiling, revegetation, soil compaction, stabilization, or other measures.
Reclamation means activities which facilitate the return of affected areas to viable and, wherever practicable, self-sustaining ecosystems that are compatible with a healthy environment, human activities, and the surrounding environment.
Reclamation means the process of restoring disturbed lands to the premined uses of the lands or other productive uses.
Reclamation means the reclamation and restoration of land, water and any future, current, abandoned or former mines, and of any other Environment affected by such mines, as required pursuant to SMCRA, any other Environmental Law or any Environmental Permit.
Reclamation means the process by which an area phys- ically or environmentally affected by mining is rehabilitated to either its original state or, if this is shown to be physically or eco- nomically impracticable or environmentally or socially unde- sirable, to a state that provides long−term environmental stability. Reclamation shall provide the greatest feasible protection to the environment and shall include, but is not limited to, the criteria for reclamation set forth in s. 293.13 (2) (c), Stats., and the closure and long−term care requirements of ch. NR 182 for facilities licensed pursuant to that chapter.