La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XV-5349

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XV-5349 - Hydrologic Balance: Stream Buffer Zones

A. No land within 100 feet of a perennial stream or an intermittent stream shall be disturbed by surface mining activities, unless the office specifically authorizes surface mining activities closer to, or through, such a stream. The office may authorize such activities only upon finding:

1. surface mining activities will not cause or contribute to the violation of applicable state or federal water quality standards, and will not adversely affect the water quantity and quality or other environmental resources of the stream; and

2. if there will be a temporary or permanent stream-channel diversion, it will comply with §5323

B. The area not to be disturbed shall be designated as a buffer zone and the operator shall mark it as specified in §5301

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XV-5349

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 5:395 (December 1979), amended LR 14:441 (July 1988), LR 20:447 (April 1994).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:901-932.