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 88.316 - Coal refuse disposal: abandoned unreclaimed surface mines
Current through Register Vol. 55, No. 13, March 29, 2025
(a) The applicant shall demonstrate that the overburden and coal refuse can be graded to AOC or approved alternative designed plan, and will not create a pollution problem.
(b) Coal refuse which is to be submerged in abandoned water-filled surface mines shall meet the requirements of § 88.304 (relating to hydrologic balance: discharge of water into an underground mine). There may not be a discharge from such mines.
(c) The refuse shall be disposed at a minimum of 10 feet above the base of the pit floor unless the disposal design plan specifies submerging the coal refuse in water-filled surface mines.
(d) The coal refuse may not be deposited against any exposed coal seams. All exposed coal seams will be covered by nonacid, nontoxic and noncombustible spoil to a thickness adequate to prevent combustion of the coal seam.