Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0400 - Environment and Conservation
Subtitle 0400-42 - Water Resources (Surface Mining)
Chapter 0400-42-01 - General Provisions (Transferred from 0400-03-01 which was repealed)
Section 0400-42-01-.04 - SCOPE

These regulations establish general and specific rules for the reclamation of areas disturbed by surface mining operations (except limestone, marble, and dimension stone) including mining and reclamation procedures, revegetation of disturbed lands, and other matters pertaining to surface mining. Borrow pits, where the soil removed is to be used as fill material in construction, are not to be construed as surface mining as defined in these regulations.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 59-8-201 et seq. and 4-5-201 et seq.