10 CSR 40-4.020 - Auger Mining Requirements
PURPOSE: This amendment incorporates by reference the
federal regulations that sets forth the requirements for
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(2) Undisturbed areas of
(A) Are a minimum of two hundred
fifty feet (250') wide at any point between each group of auger openings to the
full depth of the auger hole;
(B) Are no more than two thousand
five hundred feet (2500') apart, measured from the center of one section to the
center of the next section, unless a greater distance is set forth in the
(C) Shall have, for multiple seam
mining, a width of at least two hundred fifty feet (250') plus fifty feet (50')
for each subjacent workable
(3) No auger hole shall be made
closer than five hundred feet (500') in horizontal distance to any abandoned or
active underground mine workings, except as approved in accordance with 10 CSR
40-3.070 .
(4) In order to prevent pollution
of surface and ground
(A) Each auger hole discharging
(B) Each auger hole not
discharging
(5) An auger hole need not be
plugged if the
(A) Impoundments of the
(B) Drainage from the auger hole
will not pose a threat of pollution to surface and ground
(6) The
(A) Adverse
(B) Fill stability cannot be
achieved;
(C) The prohibition is necessary
to maximize the utilization, recoverability or conservation of the solid fuel
resources; or
(D) Subsidence resulting from
Notes
*Original authority: 444.530, RSMo 1971, amended 1983, 1990, 1993, 1995.
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