Supreme surprise in California

The California Supreme Court has ruled that there is a minimum standard for reclamation of quarries and mines, and if the local authorities don't hold operations to that minimum standard, the state can step in. The 6-0 ruling reinstated a 7-year-old lawsuit by the state Department of Conservation to shut down two sand and gravel quarries in El Dorado County. The suit was filed after the county government approved reclamation plans that allegedly failed to meet state standards. Of course a postscript here: with the price of land in California, a producer would be missing the boat if it didn't have a money making plan for a worked-out quarry, right? Your comment?