Permanent Program Performance Standards - Surface Mining Activities

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  2. CFR 30
  3. Mineral Resources
  4. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior
  5. Permanent Program Performance Standards
  6. Permanent Program Performance Standards - Surface Mining Activities

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Section
816.1

Scope.

Section
816.2

Objectives.

Section
816.10

Information collection.

Section
816.11

Signs and markers.

Section
816.13

Casing and sealing of drilled holes: General requirements.

Section
816.14

Casing and sealing of drilled holes: Temporary.

Section
816.15

Casing and sealing of drilled holes: Permanent.

Section
816.22

Topsoil and subsoil.

Section
816.41

Hydrologic-balance protection.

Section
816.42

Hydrologic balance: Water quality standards and effluent limitations.

Section
816.43

Diversions.

Section
816.45

Hydrologic balance: Sediment control measures.

Section
816.46

Hydrologic balance: Siltation structures.

Section
816.47

Hydrologic balance: Discharge structures.

Section
816.49

Impoundments.

Section
816.56

Postmining rehabilitation of sedimentation ponds, diversions, impoundments, and treatment facilities.

Section
816.57

Hydrologic balance: Stream buffer zones.

Section
816.59

Coal recovery.

Section
816.61

Use of explosives: General requirements.

Section
816.62

Use of explosives: Preblasting survey.

Section
816.64

Use of explosives: Blasting schedule.

Section
816.66

Use of explosives: Blasting signs, warnings, and access control.

Section
816.67

Use of explosives: Control of adverse effects.

Section
816.68

Use of explosives: Records of blasting operations.

Section
816.71

Disposal of excess spoil: General requirements.

Section
816.72

Disposal of excess spoil: Valley fills/head-of-hollow fills.

Section
816.73

Disposal of excess spoil: Durable rock fills.

Section
816.74

Disposal of excess spoil: Preexisting benches.

Section
816.79

Protection of underground mining.

Section
816.81

Coal mine waste: General requirements.

Section
816.83

Coal mine waste: Refuse piles.

Section
816.84

Coal mine waste: Impounding structures.

Section
816.87

Coal mine waste: Burning and burned waste utilization.

Section
816.89

Disposal of noncoal mine wastes.

Section
816.95

Stabilization of surface areas.

Section
816.97

Protection of fish, wildlife, and related environmental values.

Section
816.99

Slides and other damage.

Section
816.100

Contemporaneous reclamation.

Section
816.101

Backfilling and grading: Time and distance requirements.

Section
816.102

Backfilling and grading: General requirements.

Section
816.104

Backfilling and grading: Thin overburden.

Section
816.105

Backfilling and grading: Thick overburden.

Section
816.106

Backfilling and grading: Previously mined areas.

Section
816.107

Backfilling and grading: Steep slopes.

Section
816.111

Revegetation: General requirements.

Section
816.113

Revegetation: Timing.

Section
816.114

Revegetation: Mulching and other soil stabilizing practices.

Section
816.116

Revegetation: Standards for success.

Section
816.131

Cessation of operations: Temporary.

Section
816.132

Cessation of operations: Permanent.

Section
816.133

Postmining land use.

Section
816.150

Roads: general.

Section
816.151

Primary roads.

Section
816.180

Utility installations.

Section
816.181

Support facilities.

Section
816.200

Interpretative rules related to general performance standards.