Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 134.092 — PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

NR § 134.092Title 4. MINES AND MINING · Ch. 134. TEXAS SURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION ACT · Art. E. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

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(a)Performance standards for surface coal mining and reclamation operations shall require an operator:

(1)to conduct surface coal mining operations to maximize the use and conservation of the solid fuel resource being recovered so that reaffecting the land in the future through surface coal mining can be minimized;

(2)to restore the land affected to a condition capable of supporting the uses that it could support before mining or reasonably likely higher or better uses if:

(A)the uses do not present an actual or probable hazard to public health or safety or pose an actual or probable threat of water diminution or pollution; and

(B)the permit applicant's declared proposed land use following reclamation:

(i)is not considered impractical or unreasonable;

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Legislative history

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 442 (S.B. 1295), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2011.