25 Pa. Code § 77.193 - Requirement to file a bond
(a) A new,
revised or renewed permit to conduct mining or reclamation operations, or
permission to expand mining or reclamation operations within a permit area
which has been limited to a portion or phase of the entire permit area will not
be issued by the Department before the applicant for the permit or phase
approval has filed with the Department a bond upon a form provided by the
Department payable to the Department, and the bond has been approved by the
Department. The bond will be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the
requirements of the act, the environmental acts, this title, orders of the
Department, the reclamation plan and the conditions of the permit. The amount,
duration, form, conditions and terms of the bond shall conform to the
requirements of this chapter.
(b) An
operator may not disturb surface acreage or extend operations prior to receipt
of approval from the Department of a bond and issuance of a permit or
incremental phase approval covering the surface acreage to be
affected.
(c) Liability on the bond
shall be limited to the specific bonded area except where there are adverse
hydrologic impacts. When there are adverse hydrologic impacts the Department
will not release liability for a bonded area which is, in the Department's best
conservative judgment, hydrologically connected to the adverse hydrologic
impact.
(d) The Department may allow
the bond liability for parts of a highwall to be transferred to a subsequent
bonded area in relation to the progress of the highwall. The transfer of
liability will not be considered a bond release.
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