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 C - ANTHRACITE BANK REMOVAL AND RECLAMATION: MINIMUM ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Section 88.193 - Hydrologic balance: collection ponds within disturbed areas
Current through Register Vol. 55, No. 13, March 29, 2025
(a) Containment within the disturbed area or closed systems by utilization of collection ponds or collection areas located to facilitate the operations shall generally be the desired method of sediment control.
(b) The ponds or collection areas shall be capable of treating the runoff. Runoff shall be calculated using the Natural Resources Conservation Service methods.
(c) Ponds or collection areas shall be cleaned to provide the required capacity.
(d) Existing ponds or collection areas may not be eliminated before replacements are installed.
The provisions of this § 88.193 amended under section 5 of The Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. § 691.5); sections 4(a) and 4.2 of the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P.S. §§ 1396.4(a) and 1396.4b); section 3.2 of the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P.S. § 30.53b); section 7(b) of The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P.S. § 1406.7(b)); and section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. § 510-20).
