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  1. Title 30 —Mineral Resources
  2. Chapter VII —Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior
  3. Subchapter K —Permanent Program Performance Standards
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Title 30Mineral ResourcesPart / Section
Chapter VIIOffice of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior700 – 999
Subchapter KPermanent Program Performance Standards810 – 828
Part 816Permanent Program Performance Standards—Surface Mining Activities816.1 – 816.200
§ 816.1Scope.
§ 816.2Objectives.
§ 816.10Information collection.
§ 816.11Signs and markers.
§ 816.13Casing and sealing of drilled holes: General requirements.
§ 816.14Casing and sealing of drilled holes: Temporary.
§ 816.15Casing and sealing of drilled holes: Permanent.
§ 816.22Topsoil and subsoil.
§ 816.41Hydrologic-balance protection.
§ 816.42Hydrologic balance: Water quality standards and effluent limitations.
§ 816.43Diversions.
§ 816.45Hydrologic balance: Sediment control measures.
§ 816.46Hydrologic balance: Siltation structures.
§ 816.47Hydrologic balance: Discharge structures.
§ 816.49Impoundments.
§ 816.56Postmining rehabilitation of sedimentation ponds, diversions, impoundments, and treatment facilities.
§ 816.57Hydrologic balance: Stream buffer zones.
§ 816.59Coal recovery.
§ 816.61Use of explosives: General requirements.
§ 816.62Use of explosives: Preblasting survey.
§ 816.64Use of explosives: Blasting schedule.
§ 816.66Use of explosives: Blasting signs, warnings, and access control.
§ 816.67Use of explosives: Control of adverse effects.
§ 816.68Use of explosives: Records of blasting operations.
§ 816.71Disposal of excess spoil: General requirements.
§ 816.72Disposal of excess spoil: Valley fills/head-of-hollow fills.
§ 816.73Disposal of excess spoil: Durable rock fills.
§ 816.74Disposal of excess spoil: Preexisting benches.
§ 816.79Protection of underground mining.
§ 816.81Coal mine waste: General requirements.
§ 816.83Coal mine waste: Refuse piles.
§ 816.84Coal mine waste: Impounding structures.
§ 816.87Coal mine waste: Burning and burned waste utilization.
§ 816.89Disposal of noncoal mine wastes.
§ 816.95Stabilization of surface areas.
§ 816.97Protection of fish, wildlife, and related environmental values.
§ 816.99Slides and other damage.
§ 816.100Contemporaneous reclamation.
§ 816.101 [Reserved]
§ 816.102Backfilling and grading: General requirements.
§ 816.104Backfilling and grading: Thin overburden.
§ 816.105Backfilling and grading: Thick overburden.
§ 816.106Backfilling and grading: Previously mined areas.
§ 816.107Backfilling and grading: Steep slopes.
§ 816.111Revegetation: General requirements.
§ 816.113Revegetation: Timing.
§ 816.114Revegetation: Mulching and other soil stabilizing practices.
§ 816.116Revegetation: Standards for success.
§ 816.131Cessation of operations: Temporary.
§ 816.132Cessation of operations: Permanent.
§ 816.133Postmining land use.
§ 816.150Roads: general.
§ 816.151Primary roads.
§ 816.180Utility installations.
§ 816.181Support facilities.
§ 816.200Interpretative rules related to general performance standards.
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