Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/30/816.106
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30 CFR § 816.106 - Backfilling and grading: Previously mined areas. | CFR | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Subchapter K. PERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Part 816. PERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS - SURFACE MINING ACTIVITIES
Section 816.106. Backfilling and grading: Previously mined areas.
30 CFR § 816.106 - Backfilling and grading: Previously mined areas.
§ 816.106 Backfilling and grading: Previously mined areas.
(a)Remining operations on previously mined areas that contain a preexisting highwall shall comply with the requirements of §§ 816.102 through 816.107 of this chapter, except as provided in this section.
(b) The requirements of § 816.102(a) (1) and (2) requiring the elimination of highwalls shall not apply to remining opertions where the volume of all reasonably available spoil is demonstrated in writing to the regulatory authority to be insufficient to completely backfill the reaffected or enlarged highwall. The highwall shall be eliminated to the maximum extent technically practical in accordance with the following criteria:
(4)Spoil placed on the outslope during previous mining operations shall not be disturbed if such disturbances will cause instability of the remaining spoil or otherwise increase the hazard to the public health and safety or to the environment.