GroundRules
4VAC25-130-823.11: Applicability
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
- Agency 25. Department of Energy
- Chapter 130. Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Regulations
- Part 823. Special Permanent Program Performance Standards—Operations on Prime Farmland
The requirements of this Part shall not apply to:
(a) Surface facilities of underground mines that are actively used over extended periods of time and where such uses affect a minimal amount of land. Such uses shall meet the requirements of Part 817 for underground mining activities; or
(b) Disposal areas containing coal mine waste resulting from underground mines that is not technologically and economically feasible to store in underground mines or on non- prime farmland. The operator shall minimize the area of prime farmland used for such purposes.
(c) Prime farmland that has been excluded in accordance with 4VAC25-130-785.17(a).
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