Stabilization of surface areas.

  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
  7. Stabilization of surface areas.

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§ 817.95 Stabilization of surface areas.

(a) All exposed surface areas shall be protected and stabilized to effectively control erosion and air pollution attendant to erosion.

(b) Rills and gullies which form in areas that have been regraded and topsoiled and which either

(1) disrupt the approved postmining land use or the reestablishment of the vegetative cover, or

(2) cause or contribute to a violation of water quality standards for receiving streams; shall be filled, regraded, or otherwise stabilized; topsoil shall be replaced; and the areas shall be reseeded or replanted.

[48 FR 1163, Jan. 10, 1983, as amended at 81 FR 93418, Dec. 20, 2016; 82 FR 54999, Nov. 17, 2017]


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