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PENNSYLVANIA STATUTES
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The names of the Acts and statute cites appear below. Tables of Cross References to Federal SMCRA sections follow.

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ACT Title 35 Health and Safety
Chapter 23 Air Pollution
35 Pennsylvania Statutes Annotated [P.S.] Secs. 4001 4015
ANTHRACITE COAL MINE ACT OF 1965 Title 52 Mines and Mining
Chapter 3 Anthracite Coal Mine Act of 1965
52 P.S. Secs. 70-101 70-1002
BITUMINOUS MINE SUBSIDENCE AND LAND CONSERVATION ACT, Act of 04/27/66 (P.L. 31, Act 1, First Special Session), as amended by Act of 10/10/80 (P.L. {unknown}, No. 156) Title 52 Mines and Mining
Chapter 6 Bituminous Coal Mines in General
52 P.S. Secs. 1406.1 1406.21
THE CLEAN STREAMS LAW, Act of 06/22/37 (P.L. 1987, No. 394), as amended by the Act of 10/10/80 (P.L. {unknown}, No. 157) Title 35 Health and Safety
Chapter 5 Water and Sewage
35 P.S. Secs. 691.1 691.1001
COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL CONTROL ACT, Act of 09/24/68 (P.L. 1040, No. 318), as amended by Act of 10/10/80 (P.L. {unknown}, No. 154)
Title 52 Mines and Mining
Chapter 1 General Provisions
52 P.S. Secs. 30.51 30.66
DAM SAFETY AND ENCROACHMENTS ACT (1981) Title 32 Forests, Waters and State Parks
Part II Waters
Chapter 25A Dam Safety and Encroachments
32 P.S. Sec. 693.1 693.27
RIGHT TO KNOW LAW Title 65 Public Officers
Chapter 3 Official Documents, Records, and Seals
65 P.S. 66.1 66.4
SURFACE MINING CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION ACT [PA SMCRA], Act of 05/31/45 (P.L. 1198, No. 418), Act of 07/31/68 (P.L. 788, No. 241), as amended by Act of 10/10/80 (P.L. {unknown}, No. 155) Title 52 Mines and Mining
Chapter 6 Bituminous Coal Mines in General
52 P.S. Secs. 1396.1 1396.19a
THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT (1980) Title 35 Health and Safety
Chapter 29A Solid Waste Management
35 P.S. Secs. 6018.101 6018.1003


PENNSYLVANIA REGULATORY PROGRAM REGULATIONS

PENNSYLVANIA CODE (Pa. Code)
TITLE 25 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
PART I DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBPART C PROTECTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES
ARTICLE I LAND RESOURCES

CHAPTER 86 SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND COAL MINING: GENERAL
SUBCHAPTER SECTIONS
A. GENERAL PROVISIONS 86.1- 86.5
B. PERMITS 86.11 - 86.70
C. SMALL OPERATOR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 86.80 - 86.95
D. AREAS UNSUITABLE FOR MINING 86.101 - 86.130
E. COAL EXPLORATION 86.131 - 86.137
F. BONDING AND INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS 86.141 - 86.190
G. CIVIL PENALTIES FOR COAL MINING ACTIVITIES 86.191 - 86.203
H. ENFORCEMENT AND INSPECTION 86.211 - 86.215
I. EMPLOYEE CONFLICT OF INTEREST 86.231 - 86.242
J. REMINING AND RECLAMATION INCENTIVES 86.251 - 86.295
K. MINE OPERATORS LICENSE 86.351 - 86.359

(Authority: The provisions of this Chapter 86 issued and amended under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. Secs. 691.1 691.1001); the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. Secs. 1396.1 1396.31); The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. Secs. 1406.1 1406.21); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. Secs. 30.51 30.66); and Article XIX-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. Secs. 510-1 510-108), unless otherwise noted.)

CHAPTER 86 SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND COAL MINING: GENERAL
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.1 Definitions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.2 Scope.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.3 Use of Coal Refuse Disposal Control Fund.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.5 Extraction of coal incidental to noncoal surface mining.
CHAPTER 86 SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND COAL MINING: GENERAL
SUBCHAPTER B PERMITS
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMITS AND PERMIT APPLICATIONS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.11 General requirements for permits.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.12 Continued operation under interim permits.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.13 Compliance with permits.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.14 Permit application filing deadlines.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.15 Permit application -- general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.16 Application contents.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.17 Permit and reclamation fees.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.18 Verification of application.
REVIEW, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND APPROVAL, DISAPPROVAL OF PERMIT APPLICATIONS AND PERMIT TERMS AND CONDITIONS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.31 Public notices of filing of permit applications.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.32 Opportunity for submission of written comments or objections on the permit application.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.33 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.34 Informal conferences.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.35 Public availability of information in permit applications.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.36 Review of permit applications.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.37 Criteria for permit approval or denial.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.38 Criteria for approval or denial: existing structures.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.39 Final permit action.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.40 Permit terms.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.41 Conditions of permits: general and right of entry.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.42 Conditions of permits: environment, public health and safety.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.43 Improvidently issued permits.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.44 Rescission of improvidently issued permits.
PERMIT REVIEWS, RENEWALS, REVISIONS AND TRANSFERS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.51 Reviews of active permits.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.52 Permit revisions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.53 Reporting of new information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.54 Public notice of permit revision.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.55 Permit renewals: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.56 Transfer of permit.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.57 Reservation of rights.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR LEGAL FINANCIAL COMPLIANCE AND RELATED INFORMATION
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.61 Responsibilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.62 Identification of interests.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.63 Compliance information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.64 Right of entry.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.65 Relationships to areas designated unsuitable for mining.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.66 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.67 Personal injury and property damage insurance information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.68 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.69 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.70 Proof of publication.
CHAPTER 86 SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND COAL MINING: GENERAL
SUBCHAPTER C SMALL OPERATOR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.80 Definitions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.81 Program services.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.82 Responsibilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.83 Eligibility for assistance.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.84 Applications for assistance.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.85 Application approval and notice.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.86 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.87 Determination of data requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.88 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.89 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.90 Public records; evidence.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.91 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.92 Basic qualifications.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.93 Assistance funding.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.94 Applicant liability.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.95 [Reserved].
CHAPTER 86 SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND COAL MINING: GENERAL
SUBCHAPTER D AREAS UNSUITABLE FOR MINING
GENERAL PROVISIONS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.101 Definitions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.102 Areas where mining is prohibited or limited.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.103 Procedures.
CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR DESIGNATING AREAS AS UNSUITABLE FOR SURFACE MINING
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.121 Areas exempt from designation as unsuitable for surface mining operations.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.122 Criteria for designating lands as unsuitable.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.123 Procedures: petitions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.124 Procedures: initial processing, recordkeeping and notification requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.125 Procedures: hearing requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.126 Procedures: decision.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.127 Data base and inventory system requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.128 Public information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.129 Coal exploration or areas designated unsuitable for surface mining operations.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.130 Areas designated as unsuitable for mining
CHAPTER 86 SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND COAL MINING: GENERAL
SUBCHAPTER E COAL EXPLORATION
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.131 Scope.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.132 Definitions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.133 General requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.134 Coal exploration performance and design standards.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.135 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.136 Coal exploration compliance duties.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.137 Public availability of information.
CHAPTER 86 SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND COAL MINING: GENERAL
SUBCHAPTER F BONDING AND INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.141 Scope.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.142 Definitions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.143 Requirement to file a bond.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.144 Requirement to file a certification of liability insurance.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.145 Department responsibilities.
AMOUNT AND DURATION OF LIABILITY
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.148 Scope.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.149 Determination of bond amount.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.150 Minimum amount.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.151 Period of liability.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.152 Adjustments.
FORM, TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF BONDS AND INSURANCE
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.155 Scope.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.156 Form of the bond.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.157 Special terms and conditions for surety bonds.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.158 Special terms and conditions for collateral bonds.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.159 Self-bonding.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.160 Combination of bonding instruments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.161 Phased deposits of collateral.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.162 Subsidence insurance in lieu of bond.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.162a Anthracite Deep Mine Operators Emergency Bond Fund.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.163 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.164. [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.165 Failure to maintain proper bond.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.166 Replacement of bonds.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.167 Transfer of permits.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.168 Terms and conditions for liability insurance.
RELEASE OF BONDS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.170 Scope.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.171 Procedures for seeking release of bond.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.172 Criteria for release of bond.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.173 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.174 Standards for release of bonds.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.175 Schedule for release of bonds.
BOND FORFEITURE
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.180 Scope.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.181 General.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.182 Procedures.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.183 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.184 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.185 Preservation of remedies.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.186 Scope.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.187 Use of money.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.188 Evaluation of bond forfeiture sites.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.189 Reclamation of bond forfeiture sites.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.190 Sites where reclamation is unreasonable, unnecessary or impossible; excess funds.
CHAPTER 86 SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND COAL MINING: GENERAL
SUBCHAPTER G CIVIL PENALTIES FOR COAL MINING ACTIVITIES
GENERAL PROVISIONS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.191 Applicability.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.192 Determination of assessments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.193 Assessment of penalty.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.194 System for assessment of penalties.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.195 Penalties against corporate officers.
PROCEDURES
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.201 Procedures for assessment of civil penalties.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.202 Final action.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.203 Final assessment and payment of penalty.
CHAPTER 86 SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND COAL MINING: GENERAL
SUBCHAPTER H ENFORCEMENT AND INSPECTION
GENERAL PROVISIONS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.211 Enforcement general.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.212 Federal minimum enforcement action.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.213 Other Departmental orders.
INSPECTION
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.214 Inspection general.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.215 Citizen inspection.
CHAPTER 86 SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND COAL MINING: GENERAL
SUBCHAPTER I EMPLOYEE CONFLICT OF INTEREST
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.231 Purpose.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.232 Definitions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.233 General requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.234 Penalties.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.235 Who shall file.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.236 When to file.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.237 Where to file.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.238 What to report.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.239 Gifts and gratuities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.240 Resolving prohibited interests.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.241 Confidentiality.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.242 Appeal procedure.
CHAPTER 86 SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND COAL MINING: GENERAL
SUBCHAPTER J REMINING AND RECLAMATION INCENTIVES
GENERAL PROVISIONS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.251 Purpose.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.252 Definitions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.253 Operator and project qualification.
ROAP [REMINING OPERATOR'S ASSISTANCE PROGRAM]
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.261 Program services.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.262 Department responsibilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.263 Eligibility for assistance.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.264 Applications for assistance.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.265 Application approval.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.266 Notice.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.267 Determination of data requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.268 Public records; evidence.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.269 Basic qualifications for consultants and laboratories.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.270 Operator liability.
BONDING INCENTIVES
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.281 Financial guarantees to insure reclamation general.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.282 Participation requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.283 Procedures.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.284 Forfeiture.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.291 Financial assurance for bond credit general.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.292 Procedures and requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.293 Issuance.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.294 Uses and limitations.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.295 Forfeiture.
CHAPTER 86 SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND COAL MINING: GENERAL
SUBCHAPTER K MINE OPERATORS LICENSE
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.351 License requirement.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.352 Mine operator's license application.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.353 Identification of ownership.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.354 Public liability insurance.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.355 Criteria for approval of application.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.356 License renewal requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.357 Informal conference.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.358 Suspension and revocation.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 86.359 Fees.
CHAPTER 87 SURFACE MINING OF COAL SUBCHAPTER SECTIONS
A. GENERAL PROVISIONS 87.1 87.2
B. [Reserved] 87.11 87.21
C. SURFACE COAL MINES: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR 87.41 87.54
INFORMATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
D. SURFACE COAL MINES: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR 87.61 87.84
OPERATION AND RECLAMATION PLAN
E. SURFACE COAL MINES: MINIMUM ENVIRONMENTAL 87.91 87.181
PROTECTION PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
F. SURFACE COAL MINES: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR 87.201 87.209
REMINING AREAS WITH POLLUTIONAL DISCHARGES

(Authority: The provisions of this Chapter 87 issued and amended under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. Secs. 691.1 691.1001); the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. Secs. 1396.1 1396.31); The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. Secs. 1406.1 1406.21); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. Secs. 30.51 30.66); and Article XIX-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. Secs. 510-1 510-108), unless otherwise noted.)

CHAPTER 87 SURFACE MINING OF COAL
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.1 Definitions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.2 Scope.
CHAPTER 87 SURFACE MINING OF COAL
SUBCHAPTER B
[Reserved]
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.11 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.12 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.13 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.14 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.15 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.16 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.17 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.18 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.19 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.20 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.21 [Reserved].
CHAPTER 87 SURFACE MINING OF COAL
SUBCHAPTER C SURFACE COAL MINES: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION ON
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.41 Responsibilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.42 General environmental resource information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.43 Description of hydrology and geology: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.44 Geology description.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.45 Groundwater information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.46 Surface water information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.47 Alternative water supply information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.48 Climatology information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.49 Vegetation information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.50 Fish and wildlife resource information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.52 Land use information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.53 Prime farmland investigation.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.54 Maps, cross sections and related information.
CHAPTER 87 SURFACE MINING OF COAL
SUBCHAPTER D SURFACE COAL MINES: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATION AND
RECLAMATION PLAN
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.61 Requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.62 Operational information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.63 Existing structures.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.64 Blasting plan.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.65 Maps and plans.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.66 Air pollution control plan.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.68 Reclamation information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.69 Protection of hydrologic balance.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.70 Erosion and sedimentation control plan.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.71 Stream diversions, water obstructions and encroachments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.72 Diversions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.73 Dams, ponds, embankments and impoundments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.74 Coal refuse disposal.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.75 Postmining land uses.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.76 Surface mining near underground mining.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.77 Protection of public parks and historic places.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.78 Public roads.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.79 Disposal of excess spoil.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.80 Haul roads, access roads and other transportation facilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.81 Steep slope operations.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.82 Auger mining.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.83 Prime farmlands.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.84 Fish and wildlife protection and enhancement plan.
CHAPTER 87 SURFACE MINING OF COAL
SUBCHAPTER E SURFACE COAL MINES: MINIMUM ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.91 Requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.92 Signs and markers.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.93 Casing and sealing of drilled holes.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.94 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.95 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.96 Topsoil: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.97 Topsoil: removal.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.98 Topsoil: storage.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.99 Topsoil: redistribution.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.100 Topsoil: nutrients and soil amendments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.101 Hydrologic balance: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.102 Hydrologic balance: effluent standards.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.103 Precipitation event exemption.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.104 Stream channel diversions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.105 Hydrologic balance: diversions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.106 Hydrologic balance: sediment control measures.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.107 Hydrologic balance: treatment facilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.108 Hydrologic balance: sedimentation ponds.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.109 Hydrologic balance: discharge structures.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.110 Hydrologic balance: acid-forming and toxic-forming spoil.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.111 Hydrologic balance: impoundments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.112 Hydrologic balance: dams, ponds, embankments and impoundments design, construction and maintenance.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.113 Hydrologic balance: coal processing waste dams and embankments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.114 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.115 Hydrologic balance: protection of groundwater recharge capacity.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.116 Hydrologic balance: groundwater monitoring.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.117 Hydrologic balance: surface water monitoring.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.118 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.119 Hydrologic balance: water rights and replacement.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.120 Hydrologic balance: discharge of water into an underground mine.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.121 Hydrologic balance: permanent postmining renovation of sedimentation ponds, diversions, impoundments and treatment facilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.122 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.123 Utilization and conservation of coal.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.124 Use of explosives: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.125 Use of explosives: preblasting survey.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.126 Use of explosives: public notice of blasting schedule.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.127 Use of explosives: surface blasting requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.129 Use of explosives: records of blasting operations.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.131 Disposal of excess spoil.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.135 Protection of underground mining.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.136 Disposal of noncoal wastes.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.137 Air resources protection.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.138 Protection of fish, wildlife and related environmental values.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.139 Slides and other damages.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.140 Contemporaneous reclamation.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.141 Backfilling and grading: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.142 Backfilling and grading: reaffecting previously mined lands.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.143 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.144 Backfilling and grading: final slopes.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.145 Backfilling and grading: covering coal and acid-forming and toxic-forming materials.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.146 Regrading or stabilizing rills and gullies.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.147 Revegetation: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.148 Revegetation: timing.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.149 Revegetation: introduced species.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.150 Revegetation: agriculture crops.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.151 Revegetation: species.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.152 Revegetation: seedbed preparation.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.153 Revegetation: mulching.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.154 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.155 Revegetation: standards for successful revegetation.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.156 Revegetation: techniques and frequency of measurement.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.157 Cessation of operations: temporary.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.158 Cessation of operations: permanent.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.159 Postmining land use.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.160 Haul roads and access roads.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.161 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.162 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.163 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.164 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.165 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.166 Haul roads and access roads: restoration.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.167 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.168 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.169 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.170 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.171 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.172 Other transportation facilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.173 Support facilities and utility installations.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.174 Steep slope operations.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.175 Variance to contouring.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.176 Auger mining.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.177 Prime farmland: special requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.178 Prime farmland: soil removal.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.179 Prime farmland: soil stockpiling.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.180 Prime farmland: soil replacement.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.181 Prime farmland: revegetation.
CHAPTER 87 SURFACE MINING OF COAL
SUBCHAPTER F SURFACE COAL MINES: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR REMINING AREAS
WITH POLLUTIONAL DISCHARGES
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.201 Scope.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.202 Definitions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.203 Applicability.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.204 Application for authorization.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.205 Approval or denial.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.206 Operational requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.207 Treatment of discharges.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.208 Request for bond release.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 87.209 Criteria and schedule for release of bonds on pollution abatement areas.

CHAPTER 88. ANTHRACITE COAL

SUBCHAPTER SECTIONS
A. GENERAL PROVISIONS 88.1 88.62
B. SURFACE ANTHRACITE COAL MINES: MINIMUM 88.81 88.150
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
C. ANTHRACITE BANK REMOVAL AND RECLAMATION: MINIMUM 88.181 88.243
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
D. ANTHRACITE REFUSE DISPOSAL: MINIMUM 88.281 88.347
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
E. COAL PREPARATION ACTIVITIES 88.381 88.381
F. ANTHRACITE UNDERGROUND MINES 88.481 88.494
G. ANTHRACITE SURFACE MINING ACTIVITIES AND 88.501 88.509
ANTHRACITE BANK REMOVAL AND RECLAMATION ACTIVITIES:
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR REMINING AREAS WITH POLLUTIONAL DISCHARGES
CHAPTER 88. ANTHRACITE COAL
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.1 Definitions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.2 Scope.
ANTHRACITE COAL MINING ACTIVITIES: APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND PREMINING RESOURCES
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.21 Responsibilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.22 General environmental resource information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.23 Description of hydrology and geology: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.24 Geology.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.25 Groundwater.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.26 Surface water information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.27 Alternative water supply information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.28 Climatology.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.29 Vegetation information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.30 Description of land use.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.31 Maps and plans.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.32 Prime farmland investigation.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.33 Fish and wildlife resource information.
OPERATION AND RECLAMATION PLAN
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.41 Operation plan: requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.42 Operation plan: general information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.43 Operation plan: existing structures.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.44 Operation maps and operation plans.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.45 Blasting.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.46 Reclamation plan: requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.48 Air pollution control plan.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.49 Protection of hydrologic balance.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.50 Erosion and sedimentation control plan.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.51 Stream diversions, obstructions and encroachments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.52 Diversions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.53 Dams, ponds, embankments and impoundments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.54 Surface mining near underground mining.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.55 Postmining land uses.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.56 Protection of public parks and historic places.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.57 Public roads.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.58 Disposal of excess spoil.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.59 Coal refuse disposal.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.60 Haul roads, access roads and other transportation facilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.61 Prime farmlands.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.62 Fish and wildlife protection and enhancement plan.
CHAPTER 88. ANTHRACITE COAL
SUBCHAPTER B -- SURFACE ANTHRACITE COAL MINES: MINIMUM ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.81 Requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.82 Signs and markers.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.83 Sealing of drilled holes: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.84 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.85 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.86 Vegetation-supporting material: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.87 Vegetation-supporting material: available soil removal.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.88 Vegetation-supporting material: soil storage.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.89 Vegetation-supporting material: soil redistribution.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.90 Vegetation-supporting material: nutrients and soil amendments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.91 Hydrologic balance: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.92 Hydrologic balance: effluent standards.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.93 Hydrologic balance: precipitation event exemption.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.94 Hydrologic balance: stream diversions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.95 Hydrologic balance: diversions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.96 Hydrologic balance: sediment control measures.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.97 Hydrologic balance: treatment facilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.98 Hydrologic balance: sedimentation ponds.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.99 Hydrologic balance: discharge structures.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.100 Hydrologic balance: acid-forming and toxic-forming spoil.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.101 Hydrologic balance: permanent impoundments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.102 Hydrologic balance: dams, ponds, embankments and impoundments design, construction and maintenance.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.103 Hydrologic balance: coal processing waste dams and embankments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.104 Hydrologic balance: discharge of water into an underground mine.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.105 Hydrologic balance: groundwater monitoring.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.106 Hydrologic balance: surface water monitoring.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.107 Hydrologic balance: water rights and replacement.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.108 Hydrologic balance: permanent postmining renovation of sedimentation ponds, diversions, impoundments and treatment facilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.110 Disposal of excess spoil: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.111 Disposal of excess spoil: abandoned strip mines.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.112 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.113 Protection of underground mining.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.114 Air resources protection.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.115 Backfilling and grading: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.116 Backfilling and grading: reaffecting previously mined lands.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.117 Backfilling and grading: alternatives to contouring or terracing.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.118 Backfilling and grading: final slopes.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.119 Backfilling and grading: covering coal and acid-forming and toxic-forming materials.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.120 Regrading or stabilizing rills and gullies.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.121 Revegetation: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.122 Revegetation: timing.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.123 Revegetation: introduced species.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.124 Revegetation: grass, legume and small species and seed standards.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.125 Revegetation: tree and shrub species and seedling standards.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.126 Revegetation: seedbed preparation.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.127 Revegetation: mulching.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.128 Revegetation: periods of responsibility.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.129 Revegetation: standards for successful revegetation.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.130 Revegetation: techniques and frequency of measurement.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.131 Cessation of operations: temporary.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.132 Cessation of operation: permanent.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.133 Postmining land use.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.134 Blasting: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.135 Blasting: surface blasting requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.136 Blasting: near underground mines.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.137 Blasting: records of blasting operations.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.138 Haul roads and access roads: general.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.139 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.140 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.141 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.142 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.143 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.144 Haul roads and access roads: restoration.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.145 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.146 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.147 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.148 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.149 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.150 Common use roads.
CHAPTER 88. ANTHRACITE COAL
SUBCHAPTER C ANTHRACITE BANK REMOVAL AND RECLAMATION: MINIMUM ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.181 Requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.182 Signs and markers.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.183 Vegetation-supporting material: soil.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.184 Soil testing.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.185 Nutrients and soil amendments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.186 Hydrologic balance: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.187 Hydrologic balance: effluent standards.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.188 Hydrologic balance: precipitation event exemption.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.189 Hydrologic balance: stream diversions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.190 Hydrologic balance: diversions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.191 Hydrologic balance: sediment control measures.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.192 Hydrologic balance: treatment facilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.193 Hydrologic balance: collection ponds within disturbed areas.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.194 Hydrologic balance: sedimentation ponds.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.195 Hydrologic balance: discharge structures.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.196 Hydrologic balance: permanent impoundments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.197 Hydrologic balance: ponds, embankments and impoundments design, construction and maintenance.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.198 Hydrologic balance: coal processing waste dams and embankments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.199 Hydrologic balance: permanent postmining renovation of sedimentation ponds, diversions, impoundments and treatment facilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.200 Hydrologic balance: discharge of water into an underground mine.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.201 Hydrologic balance: groundwater monitoring.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.202 Hydrologic balance: surface water monitoring.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.203 Disposal of excess spoil: bank reject material.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.204 Protection of underground mining.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.205 Air resources protection.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.206 Grading: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.207 Grading: alternatives to contouring or terracing.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.208 Grading: final slopes.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.209 Vegetation: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.210 Vegetation: timing.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.211 Vegetation: introduced species.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.212 Vegetation: grass, legume and small species and seed standards.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.213 Vegetation: tree and shrub species and seedling standards.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.214 Vegetation: seedbed preparation.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.215 Vegetation: mulching.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.216 Vegetation: periods of responsibility.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.217 Vegetation: standards for successful vegetation.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.218 Vegetation: techniques and frequency of measurement.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.219 Cessation of operations: temporary.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.220 Cessation of operations: permanent.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.221 Postmining land use.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.231 Haul roads and access roads: general.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.232 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.233 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.234 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.235 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.236 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.237 Haul roads and access roads: restoration.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.238 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.239 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.240 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.241 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.242 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.243 Common use roads.
CHAPTER 88. ANTHRACITE COAL
SUBCHAPTER D ANTHRACITE REFUSE DISPOSAL: MINIMUM ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.281 Requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.282 Signs and markers.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.283 Sealing of drilled holes: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.284 Sealing of drilled holes: temporary.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.285 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.286 Vegetation-supporting material: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.287 Vegetation-supporting material: available soil removal.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.288 Vegetation-supporting material: soil storage.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.289 Vegetation-supporting material: soil redistribution.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.290 Vegetation-supporting material: nutrients and soil amendments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.291 Hydrologic balance: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.292 Hydrologic balance: effluent standards.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.293 Hydrologic balance: precipitation event exemption.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.294 Hydrologic balance: stream diversions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.295 Hydrologic balance: diversions and conveyances.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.296 Hydrologic balance: sediment control measures.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.297 Hydrologic balance: treatment facilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.298 Hydrologic balance: sedimentation ponds.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.299 Hydrologic balance: discharge structures.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.301 Hydrologic balance: permanent impoundments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.302 Hydrologic balance: dams, ponds, embankments and impoundments design, construction and maintenance.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.303 Hydrologic balance: coal processing waste dams and embankments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.304 Hydrologic balance: discharge of water into an underground mine.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.305 Hydrologic balance: groundwater monitoring.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.306 Hydrologic balance: surface water monitoring.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.307 Hydrologic balance: water rights and replacement.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.308 Hydrologic balance: permanent postdisposal renovation of sedimentation ponds, diversions, impoundments and treatment facilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.310 Coal refuse disposal: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.311 Coal refuse disposal: durable rockfills.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.312 Coal refuse disposal: site inspection.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.313 Coal refuse disposal: construction requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.314 Coal refuse disposal: burning.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.315 Coal refuse disposal: active surface mines.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.316 Coal refuse disposal: abandoned unreclaimed surface mines.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.317 Air resources protection.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.318 Coal refuse dams: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.319 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.320 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.321 Disposal of noncoal wastes.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.322 Revegetation: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.323 Revegetation: timing.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.324 Revegetation: introduced species.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.325 Revegetation: grass, legume and small species and seed standards.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.326 Revegetation: tree and shrub species and seedling standards.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.327 Revegetation: seedbed preparation.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.328 Revegetation: mulching.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.329 Revegetation: periods of responsibility.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.330 Revegetation: standards for successful revegetation.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.331 Revegetation: techniques and frequency of measurement.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.332 Cessation of operations: temporary.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.333 Cessation of operations: permanent.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.334 Postdisposal land use.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.335 Haul roads and access roads: general.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.336 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.337 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.338 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.339 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.340 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.341 Haul roads and access roads: restoration.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.342 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.343 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.344 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.345 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.346 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.347 Common use roads.
CHAPTER 88. ANTHRACITE COAL
SUBCHAPTER E COAL PREPARATION ACTIVITIES
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.381 General requirements. CHAPTER 88. ANTHRACITE COAL
SUBCHAPTER F ANTHRACITE UNDERGROUND MINES
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.481 Scope.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.482 Definitions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.491 Minimum requirements for information on environmental resources.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.492 Minimum requirements for reclamation and operation plan.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.493 Minimum environmental protection performance standards.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.494 Performance standards in situ processing of anthracite coal.
CHAPTER 88. ANTHRACITE COAL
SUBCHAPTER G ANTHRACITE SURFACE MINING ACTIVITIES AND ANTHRACITE BANK REMOVAL AND RECLAMATION ACTIVITIES: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR REMINING
AREAS WITH POLLUTIONAL DISCHARGES
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.501 Scope.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.502 Definitions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.503 Applicability.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.504 Application for authorization.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.505 Approval or denial.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.506 Operational requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.507 Treatment of discharges.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.508 Request for bond release.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 88.509 Criteria and schedule for release of bonds on pollution abatement areas.

CHAPTER 89. UNDERGROUND MINING OF COAL AND COAL PREPARATION FACILITIES

SUBCHAPTER SECTION
A. EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL 89.1 89.26
B. OPERATIONS 89.31 89.69
C. RECLAMATION 89.71 89.94
D. STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPOUNDMENTS 89.101 89.112
E. PRIME FARMLANDS 89.121 89.134
F. SUBSIDENCE CONTROL AND WATER SUPPLY REPLACEMENT 89.141 89.155
G. IN SITU PROCESSING 89.161 89.163
H. COAL PREPARATION ACTIVITIES 89.171 89.173

(Authority: The provisions of this Chapter 89 issued and amended under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. Secs. 691.1 691.1001); the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. Secs. 1396.1 1396.31); The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. Secs. 1406.1 1406.21); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. Secs. 30.51 30.66); and Article XIX-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. Secs. 510-1 510-108), unless otherwise noted.)

CHAPTER 89. UNDERGROUND MINING OF COAL AND COAL PREPARATION FACILITIES
SUBCHAPTER A EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL
GENERAL PROVISIONS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.2 Scope.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.5 Definitions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.7 Applicability.
INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.11 General requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.12 Climatological information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.13 Air pollution control plan.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.14 Transportation facilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.15 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.16 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.17 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.19 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.20 [Reserved].
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.21 Erosion and sedimentation control.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.22 Topsoil removal and storage.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.23 Diversion and conveyance of overland flow.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.24 Sedimentation ponds.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.25 Discharge structures. 25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.26 Roads.
CHAPTER 89. UNDERGROUND MINING OF COAL AND COAL PREPARATION FACILITIES
SUBCHAPTER B OPERATIONS
INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.31 General requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.32 General description of the underground mining activities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.33 Geology.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.34 Hydrology.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.35 Prediction of the hydrologic consequences.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.36 Protection of the hydrologic balance.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.37 Existing structures.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.38 Archaeological and historic resources and public parks.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.39 Underground development wastes and excess excavated material.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.40 Return of coal processing and underground development waste to abandoned underground workings.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.41 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.42 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.43 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.44 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.45 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.46 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.47 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.48 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.49 [Reserved].
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.51 Signs and markers.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.52 Water quality standards, effluent limitations and best management practices.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.53 Precipitation event exemption.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.54 Preventing discharges from underground mines.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.55 Collection channels.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.56 Stream channel diversions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.57 Treatment facility design.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.58 Pollution-forming materials.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.59 Surface water and groundwater monitoring.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.60 Discharges to underground mines.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.61 Coal recovery.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.62 Use of explosives.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.63 Disposal of noncoal wastes.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.64 Air resources protection.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.65 Protection of fish, wildlife and related environmental values.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.66 Slides and other damage.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.67 Support facilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.68 Cessation of operations: temporary.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.69 Other transportation facilities.
CHAPTER 89. UNDERGROUND MINING OF COAL AND COAL PREPARATION FACILITIES
SUBCHAPTER C RECLAMATION
INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.71 General requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.72 Land use information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.73 Vegetation information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.74 Fish and wildlife resource information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.75 [Reserved].
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.81 Cessation of operations: permanent.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.82 Protection of fish, wildlife and related environmental values.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.83 Closing of underground mine openings.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.84 Backfilling and grading.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.85 Topsoil use.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.86 Revegetation.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.87 Regrading or stabilizing rills and gullies.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.88 Postmining land use.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.89 Permanent impoundments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.90 Restoration of roads.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.91 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.92 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.94 [Reserved].
CHAPTER 89. UNDERGROUND MINING OF COAL AND COAL PREPARATION FACILITIES
SUBCHAPTER D STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPOUNDMENTS
GENERAL
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.101 General requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.102 Information requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.103 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.104 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.105 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.106 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.107 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.109 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.110 [Reserved].
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.11 Large impoundments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.112 Impoundments.
CHAPTER 89. UNDERGROUND MINING OF COAL AND COAL PREPARATION FACILITIES
SUBCHAPTER E PRIME FARMLANDS
INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.121 Prime farmland investigation.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.122 Prime farmlands.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.123 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.124 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.125 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.126 [Reserved].
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.131 Soil removal.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.132 Soil stockpiling.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.133 Soil replacement.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.134 Revegetation.
CHAPTER 89. UNDERGROUND MINING OF COAL AND COAL PREPARATION FACILITIES
SUBCHAPTER F SUBSIDENCE CONTROL AND WATER SUPPLY REPLACEMENT
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.141 Subsidence control: application requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.142 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.142a Subsidence control: performance standards.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.143 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.143a Subsidence control: procedure for resolution of subsidence damage claims.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.144 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.144a Subsidence control: relief from responsibility.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.145 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.145a Water supply replacement: performance standards.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.146 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.146a Water supply requirement: procedure for resolution of water supply damage claims.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.147 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.148 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.149 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.150 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.151 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.152 Water supply replacement: relief from responsibility.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.153 Water supply replacement: rebuttable presumption.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.154 Maps.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.155 Public notice.
CHAPTER 89. UNDERGROUND MINING OF COAL AND COAL PREPARATION FACILITIES
SUBCHAPTER G IN SITU PROCESSING
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.161 General requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.162 Information requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.163 Performance standards.
CHAPTER 89. UNDERGROUND MINING OF COAL AND COAL PREPARATION FACILITIES
SUBCHAPTER H COAL PREPARATION ACTIVITIES
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.171 General requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.172 Informational requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 89.173 Performance standards.

CHAPTER 90. COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL SUBCHAPTER SECTIONS
A. GENERAL PERMIT AND APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS 90.1 90.5
FOR COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL
B. MINIMUM ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES INFORMATION 90.11 90.22
REQUIRED IN PERMIT APPLICATIONS
FOR COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL
C. MINIMUM OPERATION AND RECLAMATION PLAN 90.31 90.50
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN APPLICATIONS
FOR COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL
D. PERFORMANCE STANDARD FOR COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL 90.91 90.168
E. SITE SELECTION 90.201 90.207
F. COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL ACTIVITIES ON AREAS 90.301 90.309
WITH PREEXISTING POLLUTIONAL DISCHARGES
G. EXPERIMENTAL PRACTICES 90.401 90.401
(Authority: The provisions of this Chapter 90 issued and amended under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. Secs. 691.1 691.1001); the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. Secs. 1396.1 1396.31); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. Secs. 30.51 30.66); Article XIX-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. Secs. 510-1 510-108); amended under section 4.2 of the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. Sec. 1396.4b(a)); section 3.2 of the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. Sec. 30.53b); and section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. Secs. 510-20), unless otherwise noted.)

CHAPTER 90. COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PERMIT AND APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL

25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.1 Definitions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.2 Scope.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.3 General requirements: permit.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.4 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.5 Site selection and permitting.
CHAPTER 90. COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL
SUBCHAPTER B MINIMUM ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.11 General.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.12 Geology.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.13 Groundwater information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.14 Surface water information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.15 Alternative water supply information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.16 Climatological information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.17 Vegetation information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.18 Fish and wildlife resources information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.19 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.20 Land use information.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.21 Maps and cross sections.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.22 Prime farmland investigation.
CHAPTER 90. COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL
SUBCHAPTER C MINIMUM OPERATION AND RECLAMATION PLAN INFORMATION REQUIRED IN APPLICATIONS FOR COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.31 General requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.32 Existing structures.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.33 Reclamation plan.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.34 Reclamation: postdisposal land use.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.35 Protection of the hydrologic balance.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.36 Stream diversions, water obstructions and encroachments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.37 Erosion and sedimentation control.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.38 Diversions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.39 Ponds, impoundments, banks, dams, embankments, piles and fills.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.40 Protection of public parks and historic places.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.41 Relocation or use of public roads.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.42 Subsidence control plan.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.43 Blasting plan.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.44 Air pollution control plan.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.45 Prime farmland.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.46 Maps and plans.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.47 Haul roads, access roads and other transportation facilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.48 Fish and wildlife protection and enhancement plan.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.49 Stream buffer zone variance.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.50 Design criteria: groundwater and surface water protection system.
CHAPTER 90. COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL
SUBCHAPTER D PERFORMANCE STANDARD FOR COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.91 Requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.92 Signs and markers.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.93 Casing and sealing of drilled holes and underground workings.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.94 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.95 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.96 Topsoil: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.97 Topsoil: removal.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.98 Topsoil: storage.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.99 Topsoil: redistribution.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.100 Nutrients and soil amendments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.101 Hydrologic balance: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.102 Hydrologic balance: water quality standards, effluent limitations and best management practices.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.103 Precipitation event exemption.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.104 Hydrologic balance: diversions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.105 Stream channel diversions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.106 Hydrologic balance: erosion and sedimentation control.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.107 Hydrologic balance: treatment facilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.108 Hydrologic balance: sedimentation ponds.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.109 Hydrologic balance: discharge structures.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.110 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.111 Hydrologic balance: impoundments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.112 Hydrologic balance: dams, ponds, embankments and impoundments design, construction and maintenance.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.113 Hydrologic balance: coal processing waste dams and embankments.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.114 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.115 Hydrologic balance: groundwater monitoring.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.116 Hydrologic balance: surface water monitoring.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.116a Hydrologic balance: water rights and replacement.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.117 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.118 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.119 Hydrologic balance: discharge of water into an underground mine.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.120 Hydrologic balance: permanent postdisposal renovation of sedimentation ponds, diversions, impoundments and treatment facilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.121 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.122 Coal refuse disposal.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.123 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.124 Coal refuse disposal: site inspection.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.125 Coal refuse disposal: construction requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.126 Coal refuse disposal: burning.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.127 Coal refuse disposal: disposal in underground coal mines.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.128 Coal refuse disposal: active surface mines.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.129 Coal refuse disposal: abandoned unreclaimed surface mines.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.130 Coal refuse dams.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.131 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.132 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.133 Disposal of noncoal wastes.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.134 Haul roads and access roads: general.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.135 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.136 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.137 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.138 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.139 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.140 Haul roads and access roads: restoration.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.141 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.142 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.143 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.144 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.145 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.146 Other transportation facilities.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.147 Support facilities and utility installations.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.148 Blasting.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.149 Air resources protection.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.150 Protection of fish, wildlife and related environmental values.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.151 Revegetation: general requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.152 Revegetation: timing.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.153 Revegetation: introduced species.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.154 Revegetation: agriculture crops.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.155 Revegetation: species.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.156 Revegetation: seedbed preparation.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.157 Revegetation: mulching.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.158 [Reserved].
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.159 Revegetation: standards for successful revegetation.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.160 Revegetation: techniques and frequency of measurement.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.161 Prime farmland: special requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.162 Prime farmland: soil removal.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.163 Prime farmland: soil stockpiling.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.164 Prime farmland: soil replacement.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.165 Prime farmland: revegetation.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.166 Postdisposal land use.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.167 Cessation of operations: temporary.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.168 Cessation of operations: permanent.
CHAPTER 90. COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL
SUBCHAPTER E SITE SELECTION
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.201 Definitions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.202 General requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.203 Proposing a preferred site.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.204 Proposing an alternate site.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.205 Alternatives analysis.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.206 Disapproval of a proposed site.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.207 Approval of a selected site.
CHAPTER 90. COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL
SUBCHAPTER F COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL ACTIVITIES ON AREAS WITH PREEXISTING POLLUTIONAL DISCHARGES

25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.301 Scope.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.302 Definitions.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.303 Applicability.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.304 Application for authorization.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.305 Application approval or denial.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.306 Operational requirements.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.307 Treatment of discharges.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.308 Request for bond release.
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.309 Criteria and schedule for release of bonds on pollution abatement areas.
CHAPTER 90. COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL
SUBCHAPTER G EXPERIMENTAL PRACTICES
25 Pa. Code Sec. 90.401 General.


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