La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XV-5337

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

Section XV-5337 - Hydrologic Balance: Protection of Ground-Water Recharge Capacity

A. Surface mining activities shall be conducted in a manner that facilitates reclamation which will restore approximate premining recharge capacity, through restoration of the capability of the reclaimed areas as a whole, excluding coal processing waste and underground development waste disposal areas and fills, to transmit water to the ground-water system. The recharge capacity shall be restored to a condition which:

1. supports the approved post-mining land use;

2. minimizes disturbances to the prevailing hydrologic balance in the mine plan area and in adjacent areas; and

3. provides a rate of recharge that approximates the premining recharge rate.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XV-5337

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.