16 Tex. Admin. Code § 12.566 - Cessation of Operations: Temporary
(a)
Each person who conducts underground mining activities shall effectively
support and maintain all surface-access openings to underground operations, and
secure surface facilities in areas in which there are no current operations but
operations are to be resumed under an approved permit. Temporary abandonment
shall not relieve a person of his or her obligation to comply with any
provisions of the approved permit.
(b) Before temporary cessation of mining and
reclamation operations for a period of thirty days or more, or as soon as it is
known that a temporary cessation will extend beyond 30 days, each person who
conducts underground mining activities shall submit to the Commission a notice
of intention to cease or abandon operations. This notice shall include a
statement of the exact number of surface acres and the horizontal and vertical
extent of subsurface strata which have been in the permit area prior to
cessation or abandonment, the extent and kind of reclamation of surface area
which will have been accomplished, and identification of the backfilling,
regrading, revegetation, environmental monitoring, underground-opening closures
and water treatment activities that will continue during the temporary
cessation.
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