Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources
Article I - Land Resources
Chapter 88 - ANTHRACITE COAL
Subchapter B - SURFACE ANTHRACITE COAL MINES: MINIMUM ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Section 88.111 - Disposal of excess spoil: abandoned strip mines
Current through Register Vol. 55, No. 13, March 29, 2025
(a) The applicant shall demonstrate that the overburden or excess spoil placed in abandoned strip mines can be graded to AOCs or an approved alternate design plan, which will conform to adjacent topography and be free of any polluting hazards.
(b) Spoil will be disposed of in such a manner that the pit, as it is being backfilled, is free of voids and depressions.
(c) Spoil disposed of in water-filled surface mines shall meet the applicable requirements of Subchapter D (relating to anthracite refuse disposal: minimum environmental protection performance standards).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 88.381 (relating to general requirements).
