Surface coal mining activities may not be conducted closer than five hundred feet [152.40 meters] of an underground mine, unless the activities result in improved resource recovery, abatement of water pollution, or elimination of hazards to public health and safety.

History: Effective August 1, 1980; amended effective May 1, 1990; January 1, 1993.

General Authority: NDCC 38-14.1-03

Law Implemented: NDCC 38-14.1-24