New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 8 - COAL MINING
Part 20 - PERFORMANCE STANDARDS - SURFACE COAL MINING OPERATIONS
Section 19.8.20.2019 - HYDROLOGIC BALANCE: PROTECTION OF GROUND WATER RECHARGE CAPACITY

Universal Citation: 19 NM Admin Code 19.8.20.2019

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

Surface mining activities shall be conducted in a manner that facilitates reclamation which will restore approximate premining recharge capacity, through restoration of the capability of the reclaimed areas as a whole, excluding coal processing waste and underground development waste disposal areas and fills, to transmit water to the ground water system. The recharge capacity shall be restored to a condition which:

A. supports the approved postmining land use;

B. minimizes disturbances to the prevailing hydrologic balance in the permit area and in adjacent areas; and

C. provides a rate of recharge that approximates the premining recharge rate.

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