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 88.303 - Hydrologic balance: coal processing waste dams and embankments

Universal Citation: 25 PA Code § 88.303
Current through Register Vol. 55, No. 13, March 29, 2025

A dam and embankment constructed of coal processing waste or intended to impound coal processing waste, shall meet the requirement criteria established under Chapter 105 (relating to dam safety and waterway management) and the United States Natural Resources Conservation Service's Pennsylvania Field Office Technical Guide, Section IV, Standard 378, "Pond", as applicable.

The provisions of this § 88.303 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).

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