Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 134.106 — SPOIL DISPOSAL

NR § 134.106Title 4. MINES AND MINING · Ch. 134. TEXAS SURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION ACT · Art. E. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

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(a)The performance standards shall require an operator:

(1)to transport the excess spoil material resulting from surface coal mining and reclamation activities and place it in a controlled manner in position for concurrent compaction to assure mass stability and to prevent mass movement;

(2)to dispose of spoil only within the bonded permit areas;

(3)to remove the organic matter immediately before spoil placement;

(4)to use appropriate surface and internal drainage systems and diversion ditches to prevent spoil erosion and movement;

(5)to use a spoil disposal area that does not contain springs, natural watercourses, or wet weather seeps unless lateral drains are constructed from the wet areas to the main underdrains in a manner that prevents the water from filtering into the spoil pile;

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Legislative history

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