La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XV-5335

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section XV-5335 - Hydrologic Balance: Ground-Water Protection
A. Backfilled materials shall be placed so as to minimize contamination of ground-water systems with acid, toxic or otherwise harmful mine drainage, to minimize adverse effects of mining on ground-water systems outside the permit area, and to support approved post-mining land uses.
B. To control the effects of mine drainage, pits, cuts and other mine excavations or disturbances shall be located, designed, constructed and utilized in such manner as to prevent or control discharge of acid, toxic or otherwise harmful mine drainage waters into ground-water systems and to prevent adverse impacts on such ground-water systems or on approved post-mining land uses.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XV-5335

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 5:395 (December 1979), amended LR 14:441 (July 1988), LR 20:557 (April 1994).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:901-932.