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Show Land Board Approves Dam Reconstruction By C. Sharp The State Land Board November 18, approved a request of the West Price Cattle Association, to share 50 - 50 in the $1,000 cost of replacing a dam in the high country west of Price which had been washed out by 1970 thun-dershowers. thun-dershowers. ! The state's portion of the cost will come from (the Land Maintenance Fund provided the State Board; of Examiners approves ap-proves the expenditure. Cecil Thomson, Moab, is chairman of the Land Board which also gave 30-day extension on proposed pro-posed new regulations to nequtire restoration of mined-out lands. Stjrip Mining Rules The regulations as approved ap-proved by the board, require re-quire that before surface or "strip" mining on state lands, a lessee must remove re-move and stockpile top-soil. top-soil. After the mining is finished, the topsoil must be replaced and reseeded. This would be important import-ant in case of oil shale stripping operations. |