Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Agency 25 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Chapter 130 - COAL SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION REGULATIONS
Part 816 - Permanent Program Performance Standards-Surface Mining Activities
Section 4VAC25-130-816.104 - Backfilling and grading; thin overburden
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
(a) Thin overburden exists when spoil and other waste materials available from the entire permit area is insufficient to restore the disturbed area to its approximate original contour. Insufficient spoil and other waste materials occur where the overburden thickness times the swell factor, plus the thickness of other available waste materials, is less than the combined thickness of the overburden and coal bed prior to removing the coal, so that after backfilling and grading the surface configuration of the reclaimed area would not:
(b) Where thin overburden occurs within the permit area, the permittee at a minimum shall:
Statutory Authority
§§ 45.1-161.3 and 45.1-230 of the Code of Virginia.
