16 Tex. Admin. Code § 12.348 - Hydrologic Balance: Ground-Water Protection
In order to protect the hydrologic balance, surface mining activities shall be conducted according to the plan approved under § 12.146 of this title (relating to Reclamation Plan: Protection of Hydrologic Balance) and the following:
(1) ground-water 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; and
(2) ground-water 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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