Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

Where any person conducts a placer or
dredge mining operation where the water used in such mining process flows in,
or into a natural watercourse, such person shall construct and use settling
ponds of sufficient capacity and character and/or install and use filtration
processes fully adequate to clarify the water used in the mining process to
conform to the standards and rules of the state department of environmental
quality regarding water quality as authorized under chapter 1, title 39, Idaho
Code, before such water is discharged into the natural watercourse.

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