82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1295, Chapter 442 Page: 7 of 11
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1 than the mine workings or excavations:
2 (A) to stabilize the waste piles in designated
3 areas through construction in compacted layers including the use of
4 incombustible and impervious materials, if necessary; and
5 (B) to assure that the final contour of the waste
6 pile will be compatible with natural surroundings and that the site
7 can and will be stabilized and revegetated according to this
8 chapter;
9 (12) to refrain from surface coal mining within 500
10 feet of an active or abandoned underground mine to prevent a
11 breakthrough and to protect the health or safety of miners;
12 (13) to design, locate, construct, operate, maintain,
13 enlarge, modify, and remove or abandon, in accordance with the
14 standards developed under commission rule, existing and new coal
15 mine waste piles used temporarily or permanently as dams or
16 embankments ;
17 (14) to ensure that debris, acid-forming materials,
18 toxic materials, or materials constituting a fire hazard are19 treated, buried and compacted, or otherwise disposed of in a manner
20 designed to prevent contamination of surface water or groundwater
21 and that contingency plans are developed to prevent sustained
22 combustion;
23 (15) to ensure that explosives are used in accordance
24 with state and federal law, including commission rules;
25 (16) to ensure that reclamation efforts proceed in an
26 environmentally sound manner and as contemporaneously as
27 practicable with the surface coal mining operations;7
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. 82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1295, Chapter 442, legislative document, June 17, 2011; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth311811/m1/7/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.