[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]

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                       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.  77.215-4  Refuse piles; abandonment.

    When a refuse pile is to be abandoned, the District Manager shall be 
notified in writing, and if he determines it can present a hazard, the 
refuse pile shall be abandoned in accordance with a plan submitted by 
the operator and approved by the District Manager. The plan shall 
include a schedule for its implementation and describe provisions to 
prevent burning and future impoundment of water, and provide for major 
slope stability.

(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 60 FR 33723, June 29, 1995]