N.D. Admin. Code 69-05.2-21-03

Current through Supplement No. 395, January, 2025

Section 69-05.2-21-03 - Performance standards - Backfilling and grading - Covering coal, commercial leonardite, and toxic-forming materials

All exposed coal seams, commercial leonardite seams, and toxic-forming and combustible materials exposed, used, or produced during mining must be adequately covered with nontoxic and noncombustible materials, or treated, to control the impact on surface and ground water in accordance with chapter 69-05.2-16, to prevent sustained combustion, and to minimize adverse effects on plant growth and the approved postmining land use.

N.D. Admin Code 69-05.2-21-03

Effective August 1, 1980; amended effective January 1,1987; May 1, 1990.

Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2016-362, October 2016, effective 10/1/2016.

General Authority: NDCC 38-14.1-03

Law Implemented: NDCC 38-14.1-24