Regulations last checked for updates: May 03, 2024

Title 30 - Mineral Resources last revised: Apr 24, 2024
§ 817.56 - Postmining rehabilitation of sedimentation ponds, diversions, impoundments, and treatment facilities.

Before abandoning a permit area or seeking bond release, the operator shall ensure that all temporary structures are removed and reclaimed, and that all permanent sedimentation ponds, diversions, impoundments, and treatment facilities meet the requirements of this chapter for permanent structures, have been maintained properly, and meet the requirements of the approved reclamation plan for permanent structures and impoundments. The operator shall renovate such structures if necessary to meet the requirements of this chapter and to conform to the approved reclamation plan.

[48 FR 44006, Sept. 26, 1983, as amended at 81 FR 93418, Dec. 20, 2016; 82 FR 54999, Nov. 17, 2017]
authority: 30 U.S.C. 1201
source: 44 FR 15422, Mar. 13, 1979, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 30 CFR 817.56