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#   Coal Mining Effluent Guidelines

40 CFR Part 434NPDES permits

**On this page:**
                - What is Coal Mining?
                - Facilities Covered
                - Coal Mining Detailed Study - 2008
                - Rulemaking History
                - Additional Information

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## What is Coal Mining?

                      - NPDES policy documents for mining facilities
                      - Stormwater Fact Sheet (Sector H)
                      - Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia

40 CFR Part 434

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## Facilities Covered

                - Coal Preparation Plants and Associated Areas
                - Acid or Ferruginous Mine Drainage
                - Alkaline Mine Drainage
                - Post-Mining Areas
                - Coal Remining
                - Western Alkaline Coal Mining

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## Coal Mining Detailed Study - 2008

                  - Report and appendices

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## Rulemaking History

### 2002 Amendment

                - Final Rule  (January 23, 2002)
                - Documents , including:		                   - Development Document for the Western Alkaline Coal Mining Subcategory  				Describes industry processes, pollutants generated, available control & treatment technologies, the technical basis for the final rule, and costs of the rule
                  - Coal Remining Best Management Practices Guidance Manual  				Describes abandoned mine land conditions and the performance of  BMPs  that have been implemented at remining operations. The manual is a technical reference document that presents research and data concerning the prediction and prevention of acid mine drainage 
                - Proposed Rule  (April 11, 2000)

### 1985 Amendment

                - Documents , including:		                   - Final rule (October 9, 1985)
                  - Proposed rule (May 5, 1984) 

### 1982 Amendment

                - Documents , including:		                   - Final Rule (October 13, 1982)
                  - Development Document  				Industry description, wastewater characterization, treatment technologies, regulatory compliance cost estimates and pollutant loadings for the final rule
                  - Proposed Rule (revisions & corrections) (May 29, 1981)
                  - Proposed Rule (BPT, BAT, BCT, NSPS) (January 13, 1981) 

### 1979 Amendment

                - Documents , including:		                   - Final Rule (Amended definition of "new source coal mine") (June 27, 1980)
                  - Final Rule (Precipitation Exemption) (December 28, 1979)
                  - Final Rule (Clarifying amendment–catastrophic rainfall exemption) (April 2, 1979)
                  - Original Final Rule (NSPS) and  PSES  withdrawal (January 12, 1979)
                  - Proposed Rule (NSPS) (September 19, 1977)
                  - Proposed Rule (PSES) (October 17, 1975) 

### 1977 Amendment

                - Documents , including:		                   - Final Rule (April 26, 1977)
                  - Proposed Rule (BPT and BAT) (May 13, 1976) 

### 1976 Amendment

                - Documents , including:		                   - Interim Final Rule (May 13, 1976)
                  - Development Document  				Industry description, wastewater characterization, treatment technologies, regulatory compliance cost estimates and pollutant loadings for the final rule 

### 1975 Initial Rulemaking

                - Documents , including:		                   - Interim Final Rule (October 17, 1975)
                  - Development Document  				Industry description, wastewater characterization, treatment technologies, regulatory compliance cost estimates and pollutant loadings for the final rule 

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## Additional Information

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