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-5373 - Protection of Underground Mining
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XV-5373
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. No surface coal mining activities shall be conducted closer than 500 feet to any point of either an active or abandoned underground mine, except to the extent that:
1. the nature, timing and sequence of the
operations are jointly approved by the office, the Mine Safety and Health
Administration, and the state agency, if any, responsible for the safety of
mine workers; and
2. the activities
result in improved resource recovery, abatement of water pollution, or
elimination of hazards to the health and safety of the public.
B. Surface mining activities shall be designed to protect disturbed surface areas, including spoil disposal sites, so as to not endanger any present or future operations of either surface or underground mining activities.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:901-932.
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