CFR > Title 30 - Mineral Resources > CHAPTER VII—OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR > SUBCHAPTER K—PERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (parts 810 to 828) > PART 817—PERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS—UNDERGROUND MINING ACTIVITIES > 817.42—Hydrologic balance: Water quality standards and effluent limitations.

817.42—Hydrologic balance: Water quality standards and effluent limitations.

Discharges of water from areas disturbed by underground mining activities shall be made in compliance with all applicable State and Federal water quality laws and regulations and with the effluent limitations for coal mining promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency set forth in 40 CFR part 434.

Code of Federal Regulations

[47 FR 47222, Oct. 22, 1982, as amended at 48 FR 44051, Sept. 26, 1983]