Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 134.004 — DEFINITIONS

NR § 134.004Title 4. MINES AND MINING · Ch. 134. TEXAS SURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION ACT · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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In this chapter:

(1)"Affected person" means a person having an interest that is or may be affected.

(2)"Alluvial valley floors" means the unconsolidated stream-laid deposits holding streams where water availability is sufficient for subirrigation or flood irrigation agricultural activities. The term does not include upland areas that are generally overlaid by a thin veneer of colluvial deposits composed chiefly of debris from sheet erosion, deposits by unconcentrated runoff or slope wash, together with talus, other mass movement accumulation, or windblown deposits.

(3)"Applicant" means a person or other legal entity seeking a permit from the commission to conduct surface coal mining activities or underground mining activities under this chapter.

(4)"Approximate original contour" means the surface configuration achieved by backfilling and grading the mined area so that the reclaimed area, including any terracing or access roads, closely resembles the general surface configuration of the land before mining and blends into and complements the drainage pattern of the surrounding terrain, with all highwalls and spoil piles eliminated.

(5)"Coal" means all forms of coal and includes lignite.

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Legislative history

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 143 (S.B. 1478), Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2011. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 442 (S.B. 1295), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.