New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 8 - COAL MINING
Part 20 - PERFORMANCE STANDARDS - SURFACE COAL MINING OPERATIONS
Section 19.8.20.2038 - PROTECTION OF UNDERGROUND MINING FROM SURFACE MINING ACTIVITIES
Universal Citation: 19 NM Admin Code 19.8.20.2038
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 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 sequences of the
operations are jointly approved by the director, the mine safety and health
administration, and the state mine inspector; 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 not to endanger any present or future operations of either surface or underground mining activities.
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