Permanent Program Performance Standards - Underground Mining Activities

  1. Law
  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 - Underground Mining Activities

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Section
817.1

Scope.

Section
817.2

Objectives.

Section
817.10

Information collection.

Section
817.11

Signs and markers.

Section
817.13

Casing and sealing of exposed underground openings: General requirements.

Section
817.14

Casing and sealing of underground openings: Temporary.

Section
817.15

Casing and sealing of underground openings: Permanent.

Section
817.22

Topsoil and subsoil.

Section
817.41

Hydrologic-balance protection.

Section
817.42

Hydrologic balance: Water quality standards and effluent limitations.

Section
817.43

Diversions.

Section
817.45

Hydrologic balance: Sediment control measures.

Section
817.46

Hydrologic balance: Siltation structures.

Section
817.47

Hydrologic balance: Discharge structures.

Section
817.49

Impoundments.

Section
817.56

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

Section
817.57

Hydrologic balance: Stream buffer zones.

Section
817.59

Coal recovery.

Section
817.61

Use of explosives: General requirements.

Section
817.62

Use of explosives: Preblasting survey.

Section
817.64

Use of explosives: General performance standards.

Section
817.66

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

Section
817.67

Use of explosives: Control of adverse effects.

Section
817.68

Use of explosives: Records of blasting operations.

Section
817.71

Disposal of excess spoil: General requirements.

Section
817.72

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

Section
817.73

Disposal of excess spoil: Durable rock fills.

Section
817.74

Disposal of excess spoil: Preexisting benches.

Section
817.81

Coal mine waste: General requirements.

Section
817.83

Coal mine waste: Refuse piles.

Section
817.84

Coal mine waste: Impounding structures.

Section
817.87

Coal mine waste: Burning and burned waste utilization.

Section
817.89

Disposal of noncoal mine wastes.

Section
817.95

Stabilization of surface areas.

Section
817.97

Protection of fish, wildlife, and related environmental values.

Section
817.99

Slides and other damage.

Section
817.100

Contemporaneous reclamation.

Section
817.102

Backfilling and grading: General requirements.

Section
817.106

Backfilling and grading: Previously mined areas.

Section
817.107

Backfilling and grading: Steep slopes.

Section
817.111

Revegetation: General requirements.

Section
817.113

Revegetation: Timing.

Section
817.114

Revegetation: Mulching and other soil stabilizing practices.

Section
817.116

Revegetation: Standards for success.

Section
817.121

Subsidence control.

Section
817.122

Subsidence control: Public notice.

Section
817.131

Cessation of operations: Temporary.

Section
817.132

Cessation of operations: Permanent.

Section
817.133

Postmining land use.

Section
817.150

Roads: General.

Section
817.151

Primary roads.

Section
817.180

Utility installations.

Section
817.181

Support facilities.

Section
817.200

Interpretative rules related to general performance standards.