The application shall identify the extent to which
the proposed anthracite coal surface mining activities may result in
contamination, diminution or interruption of any water supply within the
proposed permit or adjacent area. If contamination, pollution, diminution or
interruption may result, then the description shall identify the means to
restore or replace the affected water supply in accordance with Subchapters B,
C or D (relating to surface anthracite coal mines: minimum environmental
protection performance standards; anthracite bank removal and reclamation:
minimum environmental protection performance standards; and anthracite refuse
disposal: minimum environmental protection performance standards), including
cost calculations. The Department will notify the owner of any potentially
affected supply.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 88.27 adopted December 19, 1980,
10 Pa.B. 4789, effective 7/31/1982, 12 Pa.B. 2382; amended June 25,
2021, effective 6/26/2021, 51
Pa.B. 3449.
The provisions of this § 88.27 amended under section 5 of
The Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. §
691.5); sections 4(a) and 4.2 of the Surface
Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P.S. §§
1396.4(a) and
1396.4b); section
3.2 of the Coal Refuse Disposal
Control Act (52 P.S. §
30.53b);
section 7(b) of The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act
(52 P.S. §
1406.7(b)); and
section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. §
510-20).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
86.81 (relating to program
services); 25 Pa. Code §
86.261 (relating to program
services); 25 Pa. Code §
88.1 (relating to definitions);
and 25 Pa. Code §
88.21 (relating to
responsibilities).
