16 Tex. Admin. Code § 12.562 - Subsidence Control: General Requirements
(a) Underground mining activities shall be
planned and conducted so as to prevent subsidence from causing material damage
to the surface, to the extent technologically and economically feasible, and so
as to maintain the value and reasonably foreseeable use of surface lands. This
may be accomplished by leaving adequate coal in place, backfilling, or other
measures to support the surface, or by conducting underground mining in a
manner that provides for planned and controlled subsidence. Nothing in this
chapter (relating to Coal Mining Regulations) shall be construed to prohibit
the standard method of room and pillar mining.
(b) The person engaged in underground mining
activities shall comply with all provisions of the subsidence-control plan
prepared pursuant to §
12.194 of this title (relating to
Subsidence Control Plan) and approved by the Commission.
(c) Within a schedule approved by the
Commission, the operator shall submit a detailed plan of the underground
workings. The detailed plan shall include maps and descriptions, as
appropriate, of significant features of the underground mine, including the
size, configuration, and approximate location of pillars and entries,
extraction ratios, measures taken to prevent or minimize subsidence and related
damage, areas of full extraction, and other information required by the
Commission. Upon request of the operator, information submitted with the
detailed plan may be held as confidential, in accordance with the requirements
of this chapter (relating to Coal Mining Regulations).
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