{"data":{"id":"us-va/4vac25-130-827.12","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"4VAC25-130-827.12","heading":"Coal preparation plants; performance standards","body":"Construction, operation, maintenance, modification, reclamation, and removal activities at coal preparation plants shall comply with the following:\n\n(a) Signs and markers for the coal preparation plant, coal processing waste disposal area, and water-treatment facilities shall comply with 4VAC25-130-816.11.\n\n(b) Any stream channel diversion shall comply with 4VAC25-130-816.43.\n\n(c) Drainage from any disturbed area related to the coal preparation plant shall comply with 4VAC25-130-816.45 through 4VAC25-130-816.47, and all discharges from these areas shall meet the requirements of 4VAC25-130-816.41 and 4VAC25-130-816.42 and any other applicable State or Federal law.\n\n(d) Permanent impoundments associated with coal preparation plants shall meet the requirements of 4VAC25-130-816.49 and 4VAC25-130-816.56. Dams constructed of, or impounding, coal processing waste shall comply with 4VAC25-130-816.84.\n\n(e) Disposal of coal processing waste, noncoal mine waste, and excess spoil shall comply with 4VAC25-130-816.81, 4VAC25-130-816.83, 4VAC25-130-816.84, 4VAC25-130-816.87, 4VAC25-130-816.89, and 4VAC25-130-816.71 through 4VAC25-130-816.75, respectively.\n\n(f) Fish, wildlife, and related environmental values shall be protected in accordance with 4VAC25-130-816.97.\n\n(g) Support facilities related to the coal preparation plant shall comply with 4VAC25-130-816.181.\n\n(h) Roads shall comply with 4VAC25-130-816.150 through 4VAC25-130-816.152.\n\n(i) Cessation of operations shall be in accordance with 4VAC25-130-816.131 and 4VAC25-130-816.132.\n\n(j) Erosion and air pollution attendant to erosion shall be controlled in accordance with 4VAC25-130-816.95.\n\n(k) Adverse effects upon, or resulting from, nearby underground coal mining activities shall be minimized by appropriate measures including, but not limited to, compliance with 4VAC25-130-816.79.\n\n(l) Reclamation shall follow proper topsoil handling, backfilling and grading, revegetation, and postmining land use procedures in accordance with 4VAC25-130-816.22, 4VAC25-130-816.100, 4VAC25-130-816.102, 4VAC25-130-816.104, 4VAC25-130-816.106, 4VAC25-130-816.111, 4VAC25-130-816.113, 4VAC25-130-816.114, 4VAC25-130-816.116, and 4VAC25-130-816.133, respectively.","path":["Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources","Agency 25. Department of Energy","Chapter 130. Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Regulations","Part 827. Permanent Program Performance Standards—Coal Preparation Plants Not Located Within the Permit Area of a Mine"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title4/agency25/chapter130/section827.12/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:46:20Z","sha256":"7ac53491d6d19db17ce82d083c7ccded12c06ca4cb8d2ae59dc4d23355c8b642","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/4vac25-130-827.11","next":"us-va/4vac25-130-828.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}