Indiana Administrative Code
Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
Article 25 - COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION OPERATIONS
Rule 6 - Performance Standards
Section 6-78 - Underground mining; hydrologic balance; diversions; general requirements
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 14-34-2-1
Affected: IC 14-34
Sec. 78.
(a) Flow may be diverted around disturbed areas through temporary or permanent diversions if approved by the director for:
(b) Diversions shall be designed to:
(c) Diversions shall not be used to divert water into underground mines without the approval of the director under section 89 of this rule.
(d) A diversion and its appurtenant structures shall be designed, located, constructed, maintained, and used to:
(e) A temporary diversion shall be removed promptly when no longer needed to achieve the purpose for which the temporary diversion was authorized. The land disturbed by the removal process shall be restored in accordance with the approved reclamation plan and sections 70 through 77 of this rule, this section, and sections 79 through 132 of this rule.
(f) Before any diversion is removed, downstream water treatment facilities previously protected by the diversion shall be modified or removed, as necessary, to prevent overtopping or failure of the facilities. This requirement does not relieve the permittee from maintaining water treatment facilities as otherwise required.
(g) A permanent diversion or a stream channel reclaimed after the removal of a temporary diversion shall be designed and constructed to restore or approximate the premining characteristics of the original stream channel, including the natural riparian vegetation, to promote the recovery and the enhancement of the aquatic habitat.
(h) Consideration during design shall be given to: