Indiana Administrative Code
Title 327 - WATER POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION
Article 2 - WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
Rule 3 - Coal Mines; Restrictions on Acid Drainage and Refuse Deposits into State Waters
Section 3-1 - Coal mines; acid mine drainage prohibitions

Universal Citation: 327 IN Admin Code 3-1

Current through March 20, 2024

Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-14-9; IC 13-18-3; IC 13-18-18

Affected: IC 13-18-4

Sec. 1.

(a) Every person, firm, corporation or other legal entity who owns an active or abandoned coal mine or who is engaged in the storage, transportation, use, mining or processing of coal in the state of Indiana, shall dispose of refuse, including gob and coal fines, from processing coal, so as to create minimal acid mine drainage and deposits of coal fines in waters of this state.

(b) Gob must not be used in the construction of public or private roadways in the state of Indiana, which will cause acid mine drainage to the waters of this state under the jurisdiction of the board.

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