[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 30, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 30CFR77]

[Page 627-628]
 
                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 77_MANDATORY SAFETY STANDARDS, SURFACE COAL MINES AND SURFACE WORK 
AREAS OF UNDERGROUND COAL MINES--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C_Surface Installations
 
Sec.  77.215-2  Refuse piles; reporting requirements.

    (a) The proposed location of a new refuse pile shall be reported to 
and acknowledged in writing by the District Manager prior to the 
beginning of any work associated with the construction of the refuse 
pile.
    (b) Before May 1, 1976, for existing refuse piles, or within 180 
days from the date of acknowledgment of the proposed location of a new 
refuse pile, the person owning, operating or controlling a refuse pile 
shall submit to the District Manager a report in triplicate which 
contains the following:

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    (1) The name and address of the person owning, operating or 
controlling the refuse pile; the name associated with the refuse pile; 
the identification number of the refuse pile as assigned by the District 
Manager; and the identification number of the mine or preparation plant 
as assigned by MSHA.
    (2) The location of the refuse pile indicated on the most recent 
USGS 7\1/2\ minute or 15 minute topographic quadrangle map, or a 
topographic map of equivalent scale if a USGS map is not available.
    (3) A statement of the construction history of the refuse pile, and 
a statement indicating whether the refuse pile has been abandoned in 
accordance with a plan approved by the District Manager.
    (4) A topographic map showing at a scale not to exceed 1 inch=400 
feet, the present and proposed maximum extent of the refuse pile and the 
area 500 feet around the proposed maximum perimeter.
    (5) A statement of whether or not the refuse pile is burning.
    (6) A description of measures taken to prevent water from being 
impounded by the refuse pile or contained within the refuse pile.
    (7) At a scale not to exceed 1 inch=100 feet, cross sections of the 
length and width of the refuse pile at sufficient intervals to show the 
approximate original ground surface, the present configuration and the 
proposed maximum extent of the refuse pile, and mean sea level 
elevations at significant points.
    (8) Any other information pertaining to the stability of the pile 
which may be required by the District Manager.
    (c) The information required by paragraphs (b)(4) through (b)(8) of 
this section shall be reported every twelfth month from the date of 
original submission for those refuse piles which the District Manager 
has determined can present a hazard until the District Manager notifies 
the operator that the hazard has been eliminated.

(Secs. 101, 508, Pub. L. 91-173, 83 Stat. 745, 803 (30 U.S.C. 811, 957), 
Pub. L. No. 96-511, 94 Stat. 2812 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.))

[40 FR 41776, Sept. 9, 1975, as amended at 57 FR 7471, Mar. 2, 1992; 60 
FR 33723, June 29, 1995]