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 D - ANTHRACITE REFUSE DISPOSAL: MINIMUM ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Section 88.298 - Hydrologic balance: sedimentation ponds
Current through Register Vol. 55, No. 13, March 29, 2025
(a) All surface drainage from the disturbed area shall be passed through a sedimentation pond or a series of sedimentation ponds before leaving the permit area.
(b) If sedimentation ponds are utilized, they are to be constructed in locations which will ensure their effectiveness. The ponds shall be located as near as possible to the area to be disturbed and out of perennial and intermittent streams. Ponds may be located in intermittent streams provided the requirements of Chapter 105 (relating to dam safety and waterway management) are met. They shall be maintained until the disturbed area has been restored and the vegetation requirements have been met.
(c) The Department may waive the required use of sedimentation ponds when the person who conducts coal refuse disposal activities demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Department that sediment ponds are not necessary to meet the effluent limitations under § 88.292 (relating to hydrologic balance: effluent standards).
(d) The following apply to sedimentation ponds:
