Description: SMARA training workshops are designed to help lead agencies and mine operators understand their respective roles and responsibilities under SMARA. This includes reclmation plans (geotechnical requirements, revegetation, end use, etc.), Annual Report process, financial assurance cost estimates and enforcement process.
Target Audience: Lead agencies and mine operators
Annual Inspection Workshop
Description: This workshop will focus on conducting the SMARA annual inpsections, including observing and measuring site conditions, updating financial assurances, completing the inspection form, and corrective actions/enforcement.
Target Audience: Designed to train lead agency staff and consultants who conduct annual inspections of surface mining operations.
In-Stream Mining and Monitoring
SMARA Requirements unique to in-stream mining operations including fluvial geomorphology, impacts to infrastructure, streambed alteration agreements and case studies.
Target Audience: Lead agency staff, consultants and mine operators
If you are interested in attending workshops, register as soon as possible, the workshops are limited in size and could fill up quickly. To register online click here, or call Tanya Gianni-Embry at (916) 323-9198 for more information.
Bureau of Land Management | California Geological Survey | Mine Safety & Health Administration
Office of Surface Mining | State Mining & Geology Board | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Forest Service | U.S. Geological Survey