Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 134.024 — EXPERIMENTAL PRACTICES

NR § 134.024Title 4. MINES AND MINING · Ch. 134. TEXAS SURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION ACT · Art. B. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION

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(a)The commission, with approval by the secretary of agriculture, may authorize experimental departures, in individual cases, from the environmental protection performance standards of this chapter to:

(1)encourage advances in mining and reclamation practices; and

(2)allow postmining land use for industrial, commercial, residential, or public use, including recreational facilities.

(b)The commission may authorize departures if:

(1)the experimental practices are potentially at least as environmentally protective, during and after mining operations, as those required by this chapter;

(2)the mining operations approved for particular land-use or other purposes are not larger or more numerous than necessary to determine the effectiveness and economic feasibility of the experimental practices; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 12.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.