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The names of the Acts and statute cites appear below. Tables of Cross References to Federal SMCRA sections follow.
ANTHRACITE COAL MINE ACT OF 1965
PENNSYLVANIA CODE (Pa. Code)
TITLE 25 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
PART I DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBPART C PROTECTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES
ARTICLE I LAND RESOURCES
(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. 86.2 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.
SUBCHAPTER B PERMITS
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMITS AND PERMIT APPLICATIONS
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.
SUBCHAPTER C SMALL OPERATOR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
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].
SUBCHAPTER D AREAS UNSUITABLE FOR MINING
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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
SUBCHAPTER E COAL EXPLORATION
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.
(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 88. ANTHRACITE COAL
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
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
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.
SUBCHAPTER B -- SURFACE ANTHRACITE COAL MINES: MINIMUM ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
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.
SUBCHAPTER C ANTHRACITE BANK REMOVAL AND RECLAMATION: MINIMUM
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
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.
SUBCHAPTER D ANTHRACITE REFUSE DISPOSAL: MINIMUM ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
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.
SUBCHAPTER E COAL PREPARATION ACTIVITIES
SUBCHAPTER F ANTHRACITE UNDERGROUND MINES
CHAPTER 89. UNDERGROUND MINING OF COAL AND COAL PREPARATION FACILITIES
(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.)
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
SUBCHAPTER A EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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.
SUBCHAPTER B OPERATIONS
INFORMATION 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.
SUBCHAPTER C RECLAMATION
INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
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.)
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