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TITLE 16ECONOMIC REGULATION
PART 1RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS
CHAPTER 12COAL MINING REGULATIONS
SUBCHAPTER GSURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION OPERATIONS, PERMITS, AND COAL EXPLORATION PROCEDURES SYSTEMS
DIVISION 8UNDERGROUND MINING PERMIT APPLICATIONS--MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
RULE §12.174Ground-water Information

(a) The application shall contain a description of the ground-water hydrology for the proposed permit and adjacent areas, including, at a minimum:

  (1) the depth below the surface and the horizontal extent of the water table and aquifers;

  (2) the lithology and thickness of the aquifers;

  (3) the location and ownership of existing wells, springs, and other ground-water resources; and

  (4) seasonal quality and quantity of ground-water and usage. Water quality descriptions shall include, at a minimum, total dissolved solids or specific conductance corrected to 25 degrees C, pH, total iron, and total manganese. Ground-water quantity descriptions shall include, at a minimum, approximate rates of discharge or usage and depth to the water in the coal seam, and each water-bearing stratum above and potentially impacted stratum below the coal seam.

(b) The application shall contain additional information which describes the recharge and storage characteristics of aquifers.


Source Note: The provisions of this §12.174 adopted to be effective April 7, 1997, 22 TexReg 3093; amended to be effective November 4, 1997, 22 TexReg 10640.

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