Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Agency 25 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Chapter 130 - COAL SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION REGULATIONS
Part 817 - Permanent Program Performance Standards-Underground Mining Activities
Section 4VAC25-130-817.57 - Hydrologic balance; stream buffer zones
Universal Citation: 4 VA Admin Code 25-130-817-57
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
(a) No land within 100 feet of a perennial stream or an intermittent stream shall be disturbed by underground mining activities, unless the division specifically authorizes underground mining activities closer to, or through, such a stream. The division may authorize such activities only upon finding that -
(1)
Underground mining activities will not cause or contribute to the violation of
applicable State or Federal water quality standards and will not adversely
affect the water quantity and quality or other environmental resources of the
stream; and
(2) If there will be a
temporary or permanent stream channel diversion, it will comply with
4VAC25-130-817.43.
(b) The area not to be disturbed shall be designated a buffer zone, and the permittee shall mark it as specified in 4VAC25-130-817.11.
Statutory Authority
§§ 45.1-161.3 and 45.1-230 of the Code of Virginia.
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