11 Miss. Code. R. § 8-2.5-53-5329 - Hydrologic Balance: Groundwater Protection
In order to protect the hydrologic balance, surface mining activities shall be conducted according to the plan approved under § 2717 and the following:
(a) Groundwater
quality shall be protected by handling earth materials and runoff in a manner
that minimizes acidic, toxic, or other harmful infiltration to ground-water
systems and by managing excavations and other disturbances to prevent or
control the discharge of pollutants into the ground-water.
(b) Groundwater quantity shall be protected
by handling earth materials and runoff in a manner that will restore the
approximate premining recharge capacity of the reclaimed area as a whole,
excluding coal mine waste disposal areas and fills, so as to allow the movement
of water to the ground-water system.
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