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TITLE 16ECONOMIC REGULATION
PART 1RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS
CHAPTER 12COAL MINING REGULATIONS
SUBCHAPTER KPERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
DIVISION 2PERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS--SURFACE MINING ACTIVITIES
RULE §12.345Hydrologic Balance: Discharge Structures

Drainage from sedimentation ponds, permanent and temporary impoundments, coal processing waste dams and embankments, and diversions shall be controlled by energy dissipators, riprap channels, and other devices, where necessary, to reduce erosion, to prevent deepening or enlargement of stream channels, and to minimize disturbance of the hydrologic balance. Discharge structures shall be designed according to standard engineering-design procedures.


Source Note: The provisions of this §12.345 adopted to be effective April 7, 1997, 22 TexReg 3093.

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