Sec. 134.105. RESPONSIBILITY FOR REVEGETATION: LONG-TERM INTENSIVE AGRICULTURAL POSTMINING USE. (a) The applicable period of responsibility for revegetation begins on the date of initial planting for long-term intensive agricultural postmining land use if the commission approves a long-term intensive agricultural postmining land use.
(b) The commission may grant an exception to Section 134.092(a)(19) if the commission issues a written finding approving a long-term intensive agricultural postmining land use as part of the mining and reclamation plan.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 12.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 442 (S.B. 1295), Sec. 5, eff. June 17, 2011.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 134 - Texas Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act
Subchapter E. Performance Standards
Section 134.091. Operations Required to Meet Performance Standards
Section 134.092. Performance Standards
Section 134.093. Backfilling, Grading, and Compacting: Insufficient Overburden
Section 134.094. Backfilling, Grading, and Compacting: Sufficient Overburden
Section 134.095. Maintenance of Topsoil or Other Strata
Section 134.096. Specifications for Soil Removal, Storage, Replacement, and Reconstruction
Section 134.098. Prohibition on Augering
Section 134.099. Certification of Siltation Structure
Section 134.100. Proximity of Mine to Underground Mines: Exception
Section 134.101. Rules Regarding Use of Explosives
Section 134.102. Variance to Permit Underground Mining Operations Before Reclamation
Section 134.103. Use of Introduced Species for Revegetation
Section 134.104. Responsibility for Revegetation: Area of Low Precipitation
Section 134.105. Responsibility for Revegetation: Long-Term Intensive Agricultural Postmining Use
Section 134.106. Spoil Disposal
Section 134.107. Permit Without Regard to Requirement to Restore to Approximate Original Contour
Section 134.108. Steep Slope Surface Coal Mining
Section 134.109. Variance From Requirement to Restore Contour