Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES
Part XV - Office of Conservation-Surface Mining
Subpart 5 - Permanent Program Performance Standards
Chapter 53 - Permanent Program Performance Standards: Surface Mining Activities
Section XV-5349 - Hydrologic Balance: Stream Buffer Zones
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XV-5349
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. No land within 100 feet of a perennial stream or an intermittent stream shall be disturbed by surface mining activities, unless the office specifically authorizes surface mining activities closer to, or through, such a stream. The office may authorize such activities only upon finding:
1. surface mining
activities will not cause or contribute to the violation of applicable state or
federal water quality standards, and will not adversely affect the water
quantity and quality or other environmental resources of the stream;
and
2. if there will be a temporary
or permanent stream-channel diversion, it will comply with §5323
B. The area not to be disturbed shall be designated as a buffer zone and the operator shall mark it as specified in §5301
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:901-932.
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