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 88.203 - Disposal of excess spoil: bank reject material

(a) The applicant shall demonstrate that the bank reject material can be placed and graded to AOCs or an approved alternate design plan, which will conform to adjacent topography and be free of any polluting hazards.

(b) Bank reject material shall be disposed of in such a manner that the area, as it is being backfilled, is free of voids and depressions within the dictates of sound engineering.