TITLE 62: MINING
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
PART 1817 PERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS – UNDERGROUND MINING OPERATIONS
SECTION 1817.47 HYDROLOGIC BALANCE: DISCHARGE STRUCTURES


 

Section 1817.47  Hydrologic Balance: Discharge Structures

 

Discharge 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.