Indiana Administrative Code
Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
Article 25 - COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION OPERATIONS
Rule 6 - Performance Standards
Section 6-26 - Hydrologic balance; water discharge into underground mine
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 14-34-2-1
Affected: IC 14-34
Sec. 26.
Surface water shall not be diverted or otherwise discharged into underground mine workings, unless the person who conducts the surface mining activities demonstrates to the director that this diversion or discharge will:
(1) abate water pollution or otherwise eliminate public hazards resulting from surface mining activities;
(2) be discharged as a controlled flow, meeting the effluent limitations of section 13 of this rule for pH and total suspended solids, except as provided in this subdivision and the director may approve that the limitation on total suspended solids be exceeded for:
(3) not result in a discharge from an underground mine to surface waters that causes, results in, or contributes to a violation of applicable water quality standards or effluent limitations; and
(4) minimize disturbance to the hydrologic balance on the permit area, prevent material damage outside the permit area, and otherwise eliminate public hazards resulting from surface mining activities.