Indiana Administrative Code (Last Updated: December 20, 2016) |
Title 327. WATER POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION |
Article 327IAC2. WATER QUALITY STANDARDS |
Rule 327IAC2-3. Coal Mines; Restrictions on Acid Drainage and Refuse Deposits into State Waters |
Section 327IAC2-3-1. Coal mines; acid mine drainage prohibitions
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Every person, firm, corporation or other legal entity who owns an active or abandoned coal mine or who is engaged in the storage, transportation, use, mining or processing of coal in the state of Indiana, shall dispose of refuse, including gob and coal fines, from processing coal, so as to create minimal acid mine drainage and deposits of coal fines in waters of this state.
No gob shall be used in the construction of public or private roadways in the state of Indiana, which will cause acid mine drainage to the waters of this state under the jurisdiction of the water pollution control board. (Water Pollution Control Division; 327 IAC 2-3-1; filed Sep 24, 1987, 3:00 pm: 11 IR 587; readopted filed Jan 10, 2001, 3:23 p.m.: 24 IR 1518; readopted filed Nov 21, 2007, 1:16 p.m.: 20071219-IR-327070553BFA; readopted filed Jul 29, 2013, 9:21 a.m.: 20130828-IR-327130176BFA)