Section 2717.

(a) The board shall submit to the Legislature on December 1st of each year a report on the actions taken pursuant to this chapter during the preceding fiscal year. The report shall include a statement of the actions, including legislative recommendations, that are necessary to carry out more completely the purposes and requirements of this chapter.

(b) For purposes of ensuring compliance with Sections 10295.5 and 20676 of the Public Contract Code, the department shall, at a minimum, quarterly publish in the California Regulatory Notice Register, or otherwise make available upon request to the Department of General Services or any other state or local agency, a list identifying all of the following:

(1) Surface mining operations for which a report is required and has been submitted pursuant to Section 2207 that indicates all of the following:

(A) The reclamation plan and financial assurances have been approved pursuant to this chapter.

(B) Compliance with state reclamation standards developed pursuant to Section 2773.

(C) Compliance with the financial assurance guidelines developed pursuant to Section 2773.1.

(D) The annual reporting fee has been submitted to the Department of Conservation.

(2) Surface mining operations for which an appeal is pending before the board pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 2770, provided that the appeal shall not have been pending before the board for more than 180 days.

(3) Surface mining operations for which an inspection is required and for which an inspection notice has been submitted by the lead agency pursuant to Section 2774 that indicates both compliance with the approved reclamation plan and that sufficient financial assurances, pursuant to Section 2773.1, have been approved and secured.

(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 142, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)