N.J. Admin. Code § 12:185-30.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 12:185-30.3 - Quarries

(a) All new quarries which commence operations after the effective date of these regulations shall work the face by a multiple bench method with the height of the face not exceeding 50 feet; provided, however, that in circumstances where the surface topography influences the height of the uppermost bench, the height shall not exceed 65 feet.

(b) All quarries in operation prior to the effective date of this Chapter shall commence conversion to multiple benching within six months after the effective date of this Chapter. The quarry operation shall be continued in the multiple benching method, and conversion of the principal production area to the multiple benching method shall be completed within two years. The Commissioner shall, however, extend the time for compliance for the commencement or completion of the conversion if, in his discretion, he finds the same to be warranted.

(c) The height of benches for quarries covered by (b) above shall be governed by the following:

1. Benching shall not be required where the height of the quarry face does not exceed 65 feet.

2. Where multiple benching is required, the height of the benches shall not exceed 50 feet; provided, however, that in circumstances where the surface topography influences the height of the uppermost bench, the height shall not exceed 65 feet.

N.J. Admin. Code § 12:185-30.3

Amended by R.2006 d.428, effective 12/4/2006.
See: 38 N.J.R. 3130(a), 38 N.J.R. 5165(b).
Recodified 30.3.1 through 30.3.3 as (a) through (c) and 30.3.3(1) and 30.3.3(2) as (c)1 and) (c)2; and in the introductory paragraph of (c), substituted "(b) above" for "subsection 30.3.2 of this Section".