COALEX REPORT 10

	Coalex Report 10

This is the Office of Surface Mining's library of COALEX Research Reports. COALEX is a database of mining and reclamation information, including the Surface Mining Law and regulations, maintained in LEXIS-NEXIS -- a commercial, on-line research service. These reports have been compiled under a cooperative agreement between the Office of Surface Mining and the Interstate Mining Compact Commission, which represents most U.S. coal producing states. The following report includes an analysis of a specific issue requested by a state regulatory authority with responsibility for carrying out the Surface Mining Law. Copies of the research reports and attachments are available to the public, upon request. For additional information, or to obtain copies of the listed attachments, contact Ron Tarquinio by phone at (202) 208-2882 or by e-mail at rtarquin@osmre.gov.

                   

COALEX STATE INQUIRY REPORT - 10
August 13, 1984

Bob Garcia, Reclamation Specialist
Mining & Minerals Division
Energy & Minerals Department
525 Camino de Los Marquez
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501

TOPIC: WATER QUALITY AND CONTROL POLICY

ISSUE: Conduct a search of state regulations concerning water quality and control policy and
sediment control structures in southwestern states (Utah, Arizona, Colorado and Texas).  Are
especially interested in other state regulations that address the topics cited under New Mexico's
hydrologic balance Secs. 20-45, 20-46, 20-47 and 20-49.

SEARCH RESULTS: The four sections of the New Mexico regulations cited were located in COALEX
and a search was conducted to identify the relevant sections in the regulatory programs of Utah,
Colorado and Texas.  The State of Arizona does not presently have a coal mining regulatory
program.

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   Sections of the Utah regulatory program have not yet been entered into the COALEX Library.  A
hard copy of the relevant regulations has been requested from OSM and will be forwarded when
received.

   The identified sections from the Texas and Colorado regulatory programs are included as
follows:

Hydrologic Balance: Sediment Control Measures
New Mexico:    Sec. 20-45
Colorado: Sec. 4.05.5
Texas:         Sec. 051.07.04.343

Hydrologic Balance: Sedimentation Ponds
New Mexico:    Sec. 20-46
Colorado: Sec. 4.05.6
Texas:         Sec. 344 (surface mining); Sec. .514 (underground mining)

Hydrologic Balance: Discharge Structures
New Mexico:    Sec. 20-47
Colorado: Sec. 4.05.7
Texas:         Sec. .345 (surface mining); Sec. .515 (underground mining)

Hydrologic Balance: Permanent and Temporary Impoundments
New Mexico:    Sec. 20-49
Colorado: Sec. 4.05.9
Texas:         Sec. .347 (surface mining); Sec. .527 (underground mining)

   The following enclosures include the references as given above, as well as other sections in the
Colorado and Texas state regulations.


ATTACHMENTS
A    Excerpts from Rules and Regs. Of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board pursuant
     to the Colorado Surface Mining Reclamation Act, 34-33-101 et seq.
     Sec. 4.05.3 Diversions & Conveyance Draining Less Than One Sq. Mile.
     Sec. 4.05.5 Sediment Control Measures.
     Sec. 4.05.6 Sediment Ponds.
     Sec. 4.05.7 Discharge Structures.
     Sec. 4.05.9 Permanent and Temporary Impoundments.
     Sec. 4.05.17 Postmining Rehabilitation.
     Sec. 4.11.5 Dams and Embankments.
B    State program submission to OSM, prepared by the Railroad Commission of Texas,
     Surface Mining and Reclamation Division.
     Surface Mining
     Sec. .148 Reclamation Plan: Ponds, Impoundments, Banks, Dams & Embankments.
     Sec. .343 Sediment Control Measures.
     Sec. .344 Sedimentation Ponds.
     Sec. .345 Discharge Structures.
     Sec. .347 Permanent and Temporary Impoundments.
     Sec. .354 Postmining Rehabilitation.
     Sec. .376 Coal Processing Waste: Dams & Embankments: Site Preparation.
     Sec. .378 Coal Processing Waste: Dams & Embankments: Design & Construction.
     Underground Mining
     Sec. .190 Reclamation Plan: Ponds, Impoundments, Banks, Dams & Embankments.
     Sec. .510 Water Quality Standards & Effluent Limitation.
     Sec. .514 Sedimentation ponds shall be used individually or in series and shall....
     Sec. .515 Discharge Structures.
     Sec. .517 Permanent and Temporary Impoundments.
     Sec. .523 Postmining Rehabilitation.
     Sec. .545 Coal Processing Waste: Dams & Embankments: Design & Construction.

 
Search conducted by: Terri Petruska and Betty Chambers

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