New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 8 - COAL MINING
Part 20 - PERFORMANCE STANDARDS - SURFACE COAL MINING OPERATIONS
Section 19.8.20.2041 - COAL PROCESSING WASTE BANKS: WATER CONTROL MEASURES

Universal Citation: 19 NM Admin Code 19.8.20.2041

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

A. Unless the operator demonstrates to the director that embankments can be constructed so as not to impose safety or environmental hazards, a properly designed subdrainage shall be provided, which shall:

(1) intercept all ground water sources;

(2) be protected by an adequate filter; and

(3) be covered so as to protect against the entrance of surface water or leachate from the coal processing waste.

B. All surface drainage from the area above the coal processing waste bank and from the crest and face of the waste disposal area shall be diverted, in accordance with Subsection D of 19.8.20.2035 NMAC.

C. Slope protection shall be provided to minimize surface erosion at the site. All disturbed areas, including diversion ditches that are not riprapped, shall be vegetated upon completion of construction.

D. All water discharged from a coal processing waste bank shall comply with 19.8.20.2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2020 and 2023 NMAC.

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