La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XV-1305

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XV-1305 - Additional Criteria

A. The office may establish additional or more stringent criteria for determining whether lands within the state should be designated as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations.

B. Additional criteria will be determined to be more stringent on the basis of whether they provide for greater protection of the public health, safety and welfare or the environment, such that areas beyond those specified in the criteria of this Chapter would be designated as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XV-1305

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.