(a) In addition to the monitoring and
reporting requirements established by the
Department under Chapter 92a
(relating to National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting,
monitoring and compliance), surface water shall be monitored to measure and
record accurately the water quantity and quality of the discharges from the
permit area and the effect of the discharge on the receiving waters. Surface
water shall be monitored for parameters that relate to the suitability of the
surface water for current and approved postmining
land uses and to the
objectives for protection of the
hydrologic balance as set forth in §
88.49 (relating to protection of
hydrologic balance). At a minimum, total dissolved solids or specific
conductance corrected to 25°C, total
suspended solids, pH, acidity,
alkalinity, total iron, total manganese, sulfates and flow shall be monitored
and reported to the
Department every 3 months for each monitoring
location.
(b) The Department may
require the operator to conduct monitoring and reporting more frequently than
every 3 months, and to monitor additional parameters beyond the minimum
specified in this section.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 88.306 adopted December 19, 1980,
10 Pa.B. 4789, effective 7/31/1982, 12 Pa.B. 2382; amended March 30,
1984, 14 Pa.B. 1143, effective 8/10/1985, 15 Pa.B. 2872; amended December 15,
1995, effective 12/16/1995, 25
Pa.B. 5821; amended March 13, 2020, effective 3/14/2020, 50 Pa.B.
1508.
The provisions of this § 88.306 amended under the Surface
Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P.S. §§
1396.1-1396.19a); The Clean
Streams Law (35 P.S. §§
691.1-691.1001); section 1920-A of The
Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. §
510-20); section
3.2 of the Coal Refuse Disposal
Control Act (52 P.S. §
30.53b); and
section 7(b) of The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act
(52 P.S. §
1406.7(b)).
