LAC 43:XV.5439. Support Facilities and Utility Installations

A. Support facilities required for, or used incidentally to, the operation of the mine including, but not limited to, mine buildings, coal loading facilities at or near the minesite, coal storage facilities, equipment storage facilities, fan buildings, hoist buildings, preparation plants, sheds, shops and other buildings shall be designed, constructed or reconstructed and located to prevent or control erosion and siltation, water pollution and damage to public or private property. Support facilities shall be designed, constructed or reconstructed, maintained and used in a manner which prevents, to the extent possible using the best technology currently available: 1. damage to fish, wildlife and related environmental values; 2. additional contributions of suspended solids to streamflow or runoff outside the permit area. Any such contributions shall not be in excess of limitations of state or federal law. B. All surface mining activities shall be conducted in a manner which minimizes damage, destruction or disruption of services provided by oil and gas pipelines, railroads, electric and telephone lines, and water and sewage lines which pass over, under or through the permit area, unless otherwise approved by the owner of those facilities and the office.