Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 134.022 — PROHIBITION ON SURFACE COAL MINING IN CERTAIN AREAS

NR § 134.022Title 4. MINES AND MINING · Ch. 134. TEXAS SURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION ACT · Art. B. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION

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(a)Surface coal mining operations may not be permitted:

(1)that will adversely affect a publicly owned park or place included in the National Register of Historic Sites unless approved jointly by the commission and the federal, state, or local agency with jurisdiction over the park or historic site;

(2)within 100 feet of the outside right-of-way line of a public road, except:

(A)where a mine access road or haulage road joins the right-of-way line; or

(B)as provided by Subsection (b);

(3)within 300 feet of an occupied dwelling, unless the owner of the dwelling waives the prohibition;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 12.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 25.01(e), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.