Texas Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
TITLE 16. ECONOMIC REGULATION |
PART 1. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS |
CHAPTER 12. COAL MINING REGULATIONS |
SUBCHAPTER K. PERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS |
DIVISION 2. PERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS--SURFACE MINING ACTIVITIES |
§ 12.330. Signs and Markers |
§ 12.331. Casing and Sealing of Drilled Holes: General Requirements |
§ 12.332. Casing and Sealing of Drilled Holes: Temporary |
§ 12.333. Casing and Sealing of Drilled Holes: Permanent |
§ 12.334. Topsoil: General Requirements |
§ 12.335. Topsoil: Removal |
§ 12.336. Topsoil: Storage |
§ 12.337. Topsoil: Redistribution |
§ 12.338. Topsoil: Nutrients and Soil Amendments |
§ 12.339. Hydrologic Balance: General Requirements |
§ 12.340. Hydrologic Balance: Water-Quality Standards and Effluent Limitations |
§ 12.341. Hydrologic Balance: Diversions |
§ 12.343. Hydrologic Balance: Sediment Control Measures |
§ 12.344. Hydrologic Balance: Siltation Structures |
§ 12.345. Hydrologic Balance: Discharge Structures |
§ 12.346. Hydrologic Balance: Acid-Forming and Toxic-Forming Spoil |
§ 12.347. Hydrologic Balance: Permanent and Temporary Impoundments |
§ 12.348. Hydrologic Balance: Ground-Water Protection |
§ 12.349. Hydrologic Balance: Surface-Water Protection |
§ 12.350. Hydrologic Balance: Surface and Ground-Water Monitoring |
§ 12.351. Hydrologic Balance: Transfer of Wells |
§ 12.352. Hydrologic Balance: Water Rights and Replacement |
§ 12.353. Hydrologic Balance: Discharge of Water into an Underground Mine |
§ 12.354. Hydrologic Balance: Postmining Rehabilitation of Sedimentation Ponds, Diversions, Impoundments, and Treatment Facilities |
§ 12.355. Hydrologic Balance: Stream Buffer Zones |
§ 12.356. Coal Recovery |
§ 12.357. Use of Explosives: General Requirements |
§ 12.358. Use of Explosives: Pre-blasting Survey |
§ 12.359. Use of Explosives: Blasting Schedule |
§ 12.360. Use of Explosives: Control of Adverse Effects |
§ 12.362. Use of Explosives: Records of Blasting Operations |
§ 12.363. Disposal of Excess Spoil: General Requirements |
§ 12.364. Disposal of Excess Spoil: Valley Fills |
§ 12.365. Disposal of Excess Spoil: Head-of-Hollow Fills |
§ 12.366. Disposal of Excess Spoil: Durable Rock Fills |
§ 12.367. Protection of Underground Mining |
§ 12.368. Coal Processing Waste Banks: General Requirements |
§ 12.369. Coal Processing Waste Banks: Site Inspection |
§ 12.370. Coal Processing Waste Banks: Water Control Measures |
§ 12.371. Coal Processing Waste Banks: Construction Requirements |
§ 12.372. Coal Processing Waste: Burning |
§ 12.373. Coal Processing Waste: Burned Waste Utilization |
§ 12.374. Coal Processing Waste: Return to Underground Workings |
§ 12.375. Disposal of Noncoal Wastes |
§ 12.376. Coal Mine Waste: Dams and Embankments: General Requirements |
§ 12.377. Coal Mine Waste: Dams and Embankments: Site Preparation |
§ 12.378. Coal Mine Waste: Dams and Embankments: Design and Construction |
§ 12.380. Protection of Fish, Wildlife, and Related Environmental Values |
§ 12.381. Slides and Other Damage |
§ 12.382. Pipelines |
§ 12.383. Contemporaneous Reclamation |
§ 12.384. Backfilling and Grading: General Requirements |
§ 12.385. Backfilling and Grading: General Grading Requirements |
§ 12.386. Backfilling and Grading: Covering Coal and Acid- and Toxic-forming Materials |
§ 12.387. Backfilling and Grading: Thin Overburden |
§ 12.388. Backfilling and Grading: Thick Overburden |
§ 12.389. Stabilization of Surface Areas for Surface Mining |
§ 12.390. Revegetation: General Requirements |
§ 12.391. Revegetation: Use of Introduced Species |
§ 12.392. Revegetation: Timing |
§ 12.393. Revegetation: Mulching and Other Soil Stabilizing Practices |
§ 12.395. Revegetation: Standards for Success |
§ 12.397. Cessation of Operations: Temporary |
§ 12.398. Cessation of Operations: Permanent |
§ 12.399. Postmining Land Use |
§ 12.400. Roads: General |
§ 12.401. Primary Roads |
§ 12.402. Utility Installations |
§ 12.403. Support Facilities |