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| April 26, 1983, May 12, 1983 | October 5, 1983 | Bureau of Water Quality Management Underground Mine/Coal preparation Plant Permit Application Instructions; Bituminous Underground Mining Operation Permit/Manual; Coal Refuse Disposal Permit Application; Anthracite Coal Refuse Disposal Permit Application; Anthracite Bank Removal and Reclamation Permit Application; Anthracite Surface Mine Permit Application; Anthracite Underground Mining Operation Permit Application/Manual; Memorandum of Understanding between the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources and the Pennsylvania Museum and Historical Commission.
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| August 1, 1983 | January 4, 1984 | 25 PA Code 89.143(2)(iii)(A) through (D), (4), .144(b)(3), .145(a)(4), (b), (d), .146(e), .147(a).
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| January 17, 1984 | March 20, 1984 | Pennsylvania policy statement: Citizen Complaint Procedures, Department of Environmental Resources Inspection and Enforcement Policy for Mining Operations, Civil Penalty Program.
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| October 31, 1983 | May 15, 1984, July 3, 1984 | 25 PA Code 86.5, .38(b), .112(b), .134(c), .211; 87.1, .112(c)(1), (2), (d), (e), .144, .138, .175; 89.86(a)(1), .161, .162, .163; 90.1, .112(c), (d), (e); addendum to the DER Inspection and Enforcement Policy for Mining Operations.
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| March 30, 1984 | November 27, 1984 | 25 PA Code chapter 88, subchapters A through D, F.
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| March 2, 1984 | April 4, 1985 | Blaster training, examination and certification program, as contained in 25 PA Code chapter 210, subchapter A.
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| April 19, 1985 | August 15, 1985 | Blaster certification program.
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| April 18, 1985 | November 4, 1985 | 25 PA Code chapter 89, subchapter F on subsidence control regulations.
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| September 5, 1985 | February 19, 1986 | Act 158 of 1984; 25 PA Code chapter 87, subchapter F; chapter 88, subchapter G; letters from the Pennsylvania Deputy General Counsel and the First Deputy Attorney General to Rebecca W. Hanmer, Director, Office of Water Enforcement Permits, U.S. EPA, dated July 8, 1985, and August 19, 1985, respectively.
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| November 2, 1984 | May 19, 1986 | 25 PA Code 86.37(a)(13), .171(e)(12), .172(d)(2)(iii); 88.1—definitions for “cropland,” “historically used for cropland,” “prime farmland,” and “soil survey”, .24(b)(4), .30(a), (1), .31(a)(7), .32, .61, .129, .134(a), (e), .135(c)(1), (f)(2), (h), .136(a), (c), .137(18), (19), .217, .330, .381(b)(2), (c)(6), (8), (9), .491(i)(1), (13), (22), (23), (j), (k), .492(m), .493(8).
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| September 30, 1985 | September 8, 1986 | Civil Penalty Program: §§ I, II.2, II.4, II.8; Inspection and Enforcement Policy: §§ II.B.2.a.(4), (5), E, J.
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| April 18, 1985 | June 18, 1987 | 25 PA Code 89.143(b).
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| January 22, 1987 | July 14, 1987 | § 4.2(F)(II): right-of-entry requirements.
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| April 14, 1987 | October 27, 1988 | §§ II.J of the Inspection and Enforcement Policy, II.2 of the Civil Penalty Program, both concern alternative enforcement actions for failure to abate violations.
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| December 5, 1988 | July 14, 1989 | 25 PA Code 86.1, .12; 88.1, .381; 89.5.
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| August 17, 1988 | August 18, 1989 | Civil Penalty Program, § II (Assessment), paragraph 4; Program Guidance Manual, § 1:3:6 (Civil Penalty Assessments) part 1—Coal, paragraph 4.
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| August 21, 1986 | November 3, 1989 | PA Policy Statement entitled Reclamation in Lieu of Cash Payment for Civil Penalties found in Department of Environmental Resources Program Guidance Manual at § 1:3:9.
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| December 22, 1989 | May 31, 1991 | 25 PA Code 86.17(e), .83(a)(2), .112(b)(1), .158(b)(1), (2), (3), .174(d)(1), .175(1), (2), (3), .182(d); 87.73, .112(b)(1), (f), .125(a), .127(e)(2), (h), .131(n), .135(a), .138; 88.24(b)(4), .492(c)(4); 89.34(a)(1), (2)(ii), .59(a)(1), (2), (3), .71(d), .82, .101(a), (d), .172(b); 90.112(b)(1), (d), (f), .150.
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| September 24, 1986 | October 24, 1991 | 25 PA Code 86.182, .186 through .190; PA SMCRA §§ 3.1, 4(a), (b), 18(c)(i), 18.8.
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| May 27, 1992 | October 28, 1992 | 25 PA Code 86.83, .94.
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| June 2, 1992 | November 16, 1992 | 25 PA Code 86.1; 88.1, .381; 89.5.
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| December 18, 1991 | December 30, 1992, January 14, 1993, April 8, 1993 | 25 PA Code 86.1, .36(c), .37(a), (c), .41 .43, .44, .52(c)(4), .53, .55(d), .62, .63, .101, .102, .129, .132, .133, .134(3)(ii)(C), (12), .136, .151(a), (d), (h), .163, .165, .193(3), (f), .194, .195, .202, .212; 87.1, .11, .14, .21, .42(2), .54(a)(9), (22), .77, .112(c), .151(d), .155, .160, .166; 88.1, .22(2), .31(a)(9), (22), .56, .115, .116, .381(c)(9), .491(a)(1)(ii), (i)(7), .492(f); 89.5, .26, .38(a), (b), (c), .86, .90, .111(c); 90.1, .11(a)(3), .21(a)(9), (24), .40, .112(c), .134, .140, .155(d), .159.
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| February 18, 1993 | July 6, 1993 | 25 PA Code 86.17.
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| March 9, 1993 | December 6, 1993 | PA SMCRA § 4(d) concerning financial instruments for performance bonds.
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| May 11, 1993 | July 20, 1994 | 25 PA Code 86.142, .159, .166.
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| October 24, 1994 | April 3, 1995 | 25 PA Code 86.81 through .89, .91 through .95.
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| December 19, 1996 | May 30, 1997 | 25 PA Code, Chapter 86, Subchapter D: 86.101; 86.102; 86.103; 86.121; 86.122; 86.123; 86.124; 86.125; 86.126; 86.127; 86.128; 86.129; 86.130.
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| January 23, 1995 | November 7, 1997 | Chapters 86 through 90.
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| September 13, 1995 | April 22, 1998 | Pennsylvania law Act 1994-114 concerning the special authorization for refuse disposal in areas previously affected by mining which contain pollutional discharges: Title and 1; 3; 3.2(b); 4.1; 6.1(h)(5), (i); 6.2; 6.3; 15.1.
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| October 8, 1998 | March 26, 1999 and June 8, 1999 | 52 P.S. 1396.3, 1396.4h.
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| August 17, 1998 | February 2, 2000 | Letter from Pennsylvania to OSM dated August 17, 1998 (PA-837.80), except a decision on the required amendment at 30 CFR 938.16(www) is deferred.
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| November 2, 1999 | November 3, 2000 | 25 Pa. Code 86.1, 86.124, 86.152, 86.156, 86.160, 86.171, 86.182, 86.193, 86.194, 86.195, 86.201, and 86.202.
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| November 8, 1999 | March 23, 2000 | 25 PA Code §§ 86.80, 86.81, 86.82, 86.83, 86.84, 86.85, 86.86 (deleted), 86.87, 86.91 (deleted), 86.92, 86.94, 86.95 (deleted). Note: The incorporation of the reference to § 89.34 at 86.81(a)(2)(iii)(C) and 86.81(a)(2)(iv)(C) is approved to the extent that Pennsylvania implements this provision consistent with the SOAP funding provisions of SMCRA section 507(c)(1)(A) and the implementing regulations at 30 CFR 795.9(b)(1). The incorporation of this reference into subsections 86.81(a)(2)(iii)(C) and 86.81(a)(2)(iv)(C) is not approved to the extent that the proposed subsections would authorized the expenditure of Pennsylvania SOAP funds under the subsections listed above for services that are not fundable under section 507(c)(1)(A) of SMCRA or 30 CFR 795.9(b)(1).
25 PA Code 86.81(a)(2)(iii) is approved to the extent that the SOAP funds are not used to fund the activities required under 25 PA Code §§ 87.41 and 87.42(1) or §§ 88.21 and 88.22(1).
The reference of §§ 87.77, 88.56 and 89.38 (regarding archaeological and historic information) into subsections 86.81(a)(2)(iv)(A), (B) and (C) is approved to the extent that Pennsylvania implements these provisions consistent with the SOAP funding provisions of SMCRA section 507(c)(1)(D) and the implementing regulations at 30 CFR 795.9(b)(4). The incorporation of these references (regarding public parks) into subsections 86.81(a)(2)(iv)(A), (B) and (C) is not approved to the extent that the proposed subsections would authorized the expenditure of Pennsylvania SOAP funds under the subsections listed above for services that are not fundable under section 507(c)(1)(D) of SMCRA or 30 CFR 795.9(b)(4).
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| November 30, 1999 | June 26, 2000 | 25 Pa. Code 86.2, 86.37, 86.40, 86.64, 86.70, 86.132-86.134, 86.174, 87.1, 87.77, 87.93, 87.97, 87.101, 87.106, 87.126, 87.127, 87.138, 87.144, 87.146, 87.159, 87.160, 87.166, 87.173, 87.174, 87.176, 87.209, 88.1, 88.56, 88.83, 88.91, 88.96, 88.118, 88.133, 88.138, 88.144, 88.191, 88.221, 88.231, 88.237, 88.283, 88.291, 88.296, 88.334, 88.335, 88.341, 88.492, 88.509, 89.38, 89.65, 89.67, 89.82, 89.87, 89.88, 89.90, 90.1, 90.40, 90.93, 90.97, 90.101, 90.106, 90.134, 90.140, 90.147, 90.150, 90.166.
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| January 3, 2001 | August 15, 2001 | 25 Pa. Code 86.174.
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| January 3, 2001 | November 16, 2001 | Addition of Chapter 77, Section 7708 to 2001 Title 27 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes; repeal of the fifth sentence of section 4(b) and section 4.2(f)(5) of the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act of May 31, 1945 (P.L. 1198, No. 418); repeal of the last sentence of section 5(g) of the Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act of April 27, 1966 (1st Sp. Sess., P.L. 31, No. 1); repeal of the last sentence of section 5(i) of the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act of September 24, 1968 (P.L. 1040, No. 318).
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| July 29, 1998 | December 27, 2001 | Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land 2001 Conservation Act: Repeal of Section 4 (52 P.S. 1406.4); 5(b)(partial approval); 5.1(a)(1) (52 P.S. 1406.5a(a)(1) (conditional approval); 5.1(a)(2) and (3) (52 P.S. 1406.5a(a)(2) and (3)); 5.2(a)(1), (2), and (3) (52 P.S. 1406.5b(a)(1), (2), and (3)); 5.2(b)(1) (52 P.S. 1406.5b(b)(1)); 5.2(c) (52 P.S. 1406.5b(c)); 5.2(e)(1) and (3) (52 P.S. 1406.5b(e)(1) and (3)); 5.2(f) (52 P.S. 1406.5b (f); 5.2(j) (52 P.S. 1406.5b(j)); 5.2(k) (52 P.S. 1406.5b(k)); 5.4(a) (52 P.S. 1406.5d(a))(partial approval); 5.4(a)(1), (2) and (4) (52 P.S. 1406.5d(a)(1), (2) and (4)); 5.4(b) (52 P.S. 1406.5d(b)); 5.5(a) (52 P.S. 1406.5e(a))(partial approval); 5.5 (d), (e), and (g) (52 P.S. 1406.5e(d), (e) and (g)); 5.6(a) and (b) (52 P.S. 1406.5f(a) and (b)); 6 (52 P.S. 1406.6))(partial approval); 9.1(a), (b), (c), and (d) (52 P.S. 1406.9a(a), (b), (c), and (d); Repeal of Section 15 (52 P.S. 1406.15); 17.1 (52 P.S. 1406.17a); 18.1 (52 P.S. 1406.18a)
25 Pa. Code Section: 89.5, the definitions of the following terms: “dwelling,” “irreparable damage,” “material damage,” “noncommercial building,” “public buildings and facilities,” “public water supply system,” “rebuttable presumption area,” “underground mining,” “underground mining operations,” and “water supply;” 89.33; 89.34; 89.35; 89.36; 89.141(a); 89.141(d)(2), (4), (5), (7), (8), (10) and (11); 89.141(d), (d)(3), (6), and (9)(partial approval); deletion of 89.142; 89.142a(a) (partial approval) 89.142a(a)(1), (2), (3) and (4); 89.142a(b); 89.142a(c)(1) and (2)(i) “ (v); 89.142a(c)(3) (partial approval); 89.142a(d) (partial approval); 89.142a(e); 89.142a(f)(1) (partial approval); 89.142a(f)(1)(i), (ii), (iv), and (v); 89.142a(f)(2)(i) (partial approval); 89.142a(g)(1) (partial approval); 89.142a(g)(2), and (3); 89.142a(h) (1) and (2) (partial approval); 89.142a(i)(1) (partial approval); 89.142a)(i)(2), (j), (k), and (l); deletion of 89.143; 89.143a(a) (partial approval); 89.143a(b); 89.143a(d)(1) and (2) (partial approval);deletion of 89.144; 89.144a(a)(2), and (3); deletion of 89.145; 89.145a(a)(1)(i)-(vi); 89.145a(a)(2) and (3); 89.145a(b)(partial approval); 89.145a(c); 89.145a(d); 89.145a(e)(1) and (2) (partial approval); 89.145a(f)(1)(i)-(iv); 89.145a(f)(2); 89.145a(f)(3)(i) and (ii)(partial approval); 89.145a(f)(3)(iii); 89.145a(f)(4); 89.146a(a) and (b); 89.146a(c) (partial approval); 89.152(a)(1) and (3); 89.152(b); 89.153 (a), (b), and (c); 89.154(a) through (d); 89.155(a), 89.155(b)(1) and (2) (partial approval); 89.155(b)(3) and (4); 89.155(c) (partial approval).
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| February 25, 2002 | November 6, 2002 | 25 Pa. Code 86.37, 87.160, 88.138, 88.231, 88.335, 90.134, 87.160.
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| November 22, 1999 | July 7, 2003 | 25 Pa. Code 86.1 definition of “valid existing rights;” 86.101 definitions of “fragile lands,” “historic lands,” “public building,” “public park,” “renewable resource lands,” “significant recreational value, timber, economic or other values incompatible with surface mining operations,” and “surface mining operations;” 86.102(1), (3) through (5), and (7) through (12); 86.103(c), (d), and (e); 86.121, 86.123(c) and (c)(5); 86.124(a), (c), (d) and (f); 86.125; 86.126; 86.127; 86.128; 86.129; and 86.130(b).
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| February 25, 2002 | August 15, 2003 | 25 Pa. Code 210.11; 210.13—210.19; 211.101-211.103; 211.111-211.115; 211.121-211.125; 211.131-211.133; 211.141; 211.151-211.162; 211.171-211.173; 211.181-211.182
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| December 20, 2001 | October 2, 2003 | 25 Pa. Code 88.281, 88.310, 88.332, 89.59, 90.1, 90.5, 90.12, 90.13, 90.34, 90.45, 90.49, 90.50, 90.101, 90.116a, 90.122, 90.167, 90.201-207, 90.301-309, and 90.401.
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| August 27, 2003 | December 9, 2004 | 25 Pa. Code 86.1 modification of definition of underground mining activities, 86.151(b)(2), 86.152(a), 89.5, Addition of definitions of EPAct structures and EPAct water supplies; removal of definition of permanently affixed appurtenant structures; modification of definitions of underground mining activities and underground mining operations, 89.141(d), 89.142a(a), (c) through (i), 89.143a(a), (c) and (d), 89.144a(a) and (b), 89.145a(a), (b), (e) and (f), 89.146a(c)(2), and 89.152(a) and (b).
In BMSLCA, Sections 5.2(b)(2), 5.2(d), 5.2(e)(2), 5.2(i), 5.3(a), 5.3(b), 5.3(c), 5.5(c), 5.5(f), 5.6(c), and 5.6(d).
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| December 18, 1998 | May 13, 2005 | In PASMCRA, Section 3 Definition of “Total Project Costs;” Sections 3.1; 4(a), (d), (d.2), (g), and (h); 4.2(f) (partial approval); 4.2(i); 4.6(i) and (j); 4.7; 4.10; 4.11; 4.12 (partial approval); 4.13; 18(a), (a.1), (a.2), and (a.3); 18(f), (g)(4) and (5); 18.7; 18.9; 18.10.
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| | 25 Pa. Code 86.142 Definitions of “Annuity,” “Trustee,” and “Trust Fund;” 25 Pa. Code 86.151(b), (c), and (j); 86.152(a) and (b); 86.156(b); 86.157(3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8); 86.158(c)(6), (e), (f), and (g); 86.161(3); 86.168; 86.171(a), (b)(6) and (7), (f)(4), (g), and (h); 86.174(a) and (d); 86.175(a) and (b)(3); 86.182(a)(3) and (4), (d), (e), (f), (g); 86.195(b), 86.251-253; 86.261-86.270; 86.281(a)-(d); 86.281(e) (partial approval); 86.282-284; 86.291-295; 86.351-359.
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| | 25 Pa. Code 87.1 Definitions of “Water Supply,” “Water Supply Survey”; deletion of 87.11-21; 87.119 (partial approval); 87.147(b).
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| | 25 Pa. Code 88.1 Definitions of “Water Supply,” “Water Supply Survey”; 88.107 (partial approval); 88.121(b); 88.209(b).
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| May 23, 2006 | April 17, 2007 | 25 Pa. Code: 86.187(a)(1), (b), (c); 86.188(b)(5) [deleted]; 86.188(c)(3) [deleted]; 86.189(c)(2) through (c)(4) [deleted reference to (c)(5)], 86.189 (c)(5) [deleted]; 86.190 (a) [the words “but are not limited to” are deleted]; 86.190(a)(3) [deleted].
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| December 18, 2006 | October 4, 2007 | 25 Pa. Code 86.6 [add].
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| June 8, 2006 | December 1, 2008 | 25 Pa. Code 210.11, 87.1, 88.1, and 89.5 added definition for mine opening blasting; 87.124(b) correction of reference error; 87.126(b)(2)(ii) phrase deletion; 87.127(b), 87.127(e), 87.127(e)(1) ,87.127(f)(1); 87.129(4);88.135(a), 88.135(b), 88.135(f)(1), 88.135(h) , 88.135(i); 88.493(7)(i); 89.62 (adding new language); 87.127(l) and 88.135(l) (deleted in their entirety).
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| August 1, 2008 | August 10, 2010 | 52 P.S. 1396.4(d.2); 25 Pa. Code 86.1, 86.17(e), 86.187(a); The Conversion Assistance Program; Trust Funds as an Alternative Bonding System (ABS); Demonstration of Sufficient Funding for Outstanding Land Reclamation at Primacy ABS Forfeiture Sites; and, Demonstration of Sufficient Funding for Construction of All Necessary Discharge Treatment Facilities at the ABS Forfeiture Sites.
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| December 19, 2012 | September 10, 2013 | Addition of definitions to 25 Pa. Code 86.1, clarification of 86.3, and increase of fees at 86.17.
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| February 24, 2010 | October 19, 2015 | 52 P.S. 30.54a(a)(6).
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| November 14, 2016 | July 10, 2017 | Pennsylvania's commitment to the completion of treatment systems for pollutional discharges on ABS Legacy Sites.
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| October 1, 2010 | November 9, 2020 | Section 4.2(j) of PASMCRA 52 P.S. § 1396.4bj); 25 Pa. Code § 86.1, Definitions, the definitions of the following terms: “passive treatment system” and “post-mining pollutional discharge, except for the inclusion of “minimal impact post-mining discharge” in the definition of “post-mining pollutional discharge” 25 Pa Code 87.102(a) and (e), Hydrologic balance: Effluent standards; 88.92 (a) and (e); Hydrologic balance: Effluent standards; 88.187 (a) and (e), Hydrologic balance: Effluent standards; 88.292 (a) and (e), Hydrologic balance: Effluent standards; 89.52 (c), Water quality standards, effluent limitations, and best management practices; and 90.102 (a) and (e), Hydrologic balance: Water quality standards, effluent limitations, and best management practices.
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| March 13, 2012 | April 12, 2022 | 25 Pa. Code 287.1 (Residual Waste Management-General Provisions), 290.1, 290.101, 290.103, 290.104, 290.107, 290.201, 290.202, 290.203, 290.301, 290.302, 290.303, 290.304, 290.305, 290.306, 290.307 (Beneficial Use of Coal Ash).
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| July 26, 2017 | August 8, 2024 | PASMCRA sec. 4(d), 19.2 Authorizing LRFG program; PASMCRA sec. 4(a)(2)(C), 4.14, authorizing bioenergy crop bonding; PASMCRA sec. 3 definitions, 18(a.1), 19, minor changes; 25 Pa. Code 86.17(e)(2), 86.162b, 86.165(a) and (a)(iii), implementing the LRFG program; 25 Pa. Code 86.162c, implementing the bioenergy crop bonding program; 25 Pa. Code 86.1 definition of Acts, 86.6(a), 86.12(a)(3), 86.121, 86.155, 86.159(k)(2)(A), 86.182(h)(2), 86.185, 86.232 definition of coal mining laws, 86.252 definition of Act, 86.358(a)(3), 87.1 definition of SMCRA, 87.205(b), 88.482 definition of operator, 88.505(b), 89.5 definition of operator, and 90.305(b), citation changes and other minor changes.
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| August 9, 2018 | September 8, 2024 | 25 Pa. Code 87.108(c), 89.24(c), and 90.108(c); removal of sedimentation ponds before 2 years if replaced by BTCA. |