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Environmental Protection Performance Standards

Environmental Protection Performance Standards

77.501Requirements.77.502Signs and markers.77.503Casing and sealing of drilled holes.77.504Distance limitations and areas designated as unsuitable for mining.77.511General requirements.77.512Removal.77.513Storage.77.514Redistribution.77.515Nutrients and soil amendments.77.521General requirements.77.522Effluent standards.77.523Water obstructions and encroachments.77.524Diversions and conveyance.77.525Sediment control measures.77.526Treatment facilities.77.527Sedimentation controls.77.528Discharge structures.77.529Acid-forming and toxic-forming spoil.77.530Impoundments.77.531Dams, ponds, embankments and impoundments—design, construction and maintenance.77.532Surface water and groundwater monitoring.77.533Water rights and replacement.77.534Discharge of water into an underground mine.77.535Permanent postmining renovation of sedimentation ponds, diversions, impoundments and treatment facilities.77.551Restriction.77.561General requirements.77.562Preblasting surveys.77.563Public notice of blasting schedule.77.564Surface blasting requirements.77.565Records of blasting operations.77.571Bench development.77.572Permit line setback.77.573Stability analysis.77.574Disposal of solid wastes.77.575Air resources protection.77.591General.77.592Approximate original contour.77.593Alternatives to contouring.77.594Final slopes.77.595Concurrent reclamation.77.596Covering coal and acid-forming and toxic-forming materials.77.611General requirements.77.612Timing.77.613Introduced species.77.614Agriculture crops.77.615Species.77.616Seedbed preparation.77.617Mulching.77.618Standards for successful revegetation.77.631General requirements.77.632Restoration.77.633Common use roads.77.651Temporary cessation.77.652Permanent.77.653Postmining land use.77.654Clean up.77.655Closing of underground mine openings.