Texas Administrative Code
Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION
Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS
Chapter 12 - COAL MINING REGULATIONS
Subchapter K - PERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Division 3 - PERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS - UNDERGROUND MINING ACTIVITIES
Section 12.535 - Coal Mine Waste Banks: General Requirements
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) All coal mine waste shall be hauled or conveyed and placed in new and existing disposal areas approved by the Commission for this purpose. These areas shall be within a permit area. The disposal area shall be designed, constructed and maintained:
(b) Coal mine waste materials from activities located outside a permit area, such as those activities at other mines or abandoned mine-waste piles, may be disposed of in the permit area only if approved by the Commission. Approval shall be based on a showing by the person who conducts underground mining activities in the permit area, using hydrologic, geologic, geotechnical, physical, and chemical analyses, that disposal of these materials does not:
(c) The disposal facility shall be designed using current, prudent engineering practices and shall meet any design criteria established by the Commission. A qualified professional engineer experienced in the design of similar earth and waste structures shall certify the design of the disposal facility.
