§181-1  Definitions.  Whenever used in
this chapter, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:



"Board" means the board of land and
natural resources.



"Mineral" or "minerals"
means any or all of the oil, gas, coal, phosphate, sodium, sulphur, iron,
titanium, gold, silver, bauxite, bauxitic clay, diaspore, boehmite, laterite,
gibbsite, alumina, all ores of aluminum and, without limitation thereon, all
other mineral substances and ore deposits whether solid, gaseous, or liquid,
in, on, or under any land; but does not include sand, rock, gravel, and other
materials suitable for use and used in road construction.



"Operator" means an individual, firm,
or corporation engaged in strip mining operations.



"Pit" means a tract of land of which the
surface soil has been removed or is being removed or is proposed to be removed
for mining.



"Strip mining" means mining of
mineral by uncovering therefrom the surface soil above mineral deposits and
mining directly from the mineral exposed for the purpose of carrying on a
business of mining or selling mineral removed by the process.



Definitions and rules of construction stated in
chapter 1 apply. [L 1957, c 161, §2; am L 1959, c 20, §1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1,
§21; am L 1961, c 132, §2; Supp, §98C-2; HRS §181-1]



 



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  General authority, see §26-15.