La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XV-2717
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section XV-2717 - Reclamation Plan: Protection of Hydrologic BalanceA. The application shall include a plan, with maps and descriptions, indicating how the relevant requirements of Chapter 53, including §§5319-5323, will be met. The plan shall be specific to the local hydrologic conditions. It shall contain the steps to be taken during mining and reclamation through bond release to minimize disturbances to the hydrologic balance within the permit and adjacent areas; to prevent material damage outside the permit area; to meet applicable federal and state water quality laws and regulations; and to protect the rights of present water users. The plan shall include the measures to be taken to: avoid acid or toxic drainage; prevent, to the extent possible using the best technology currently available, additional contributions of suspended solids to streamflow; provide water-treatment facilities when needed; control drainage; restore approximate premining recharge capacity; and protect or replace rights of present water users. The plan shall specifically address any potential adverse hydrologic consequences identified in the PHC determination prepared under §2523 and shall include preventive and remedial measures.La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XV-2717
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.