Indiana § 14-34-15-2 - Operations removing or disturbing strata serving as aquifers
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§ 14-34-15-2. Operations removing or disturbing strata serving as aquifers
Sec. 2. (a) For those surface coal mining and reclamation operations that remove or disturb strata that serve as aquifers that significantly ensure the hydrologic balance of water use either on or off the mining site, the director shall specify the following:
(1) Monitoring sites to record the quantity and quality of surface drainage above and below the mine site as well as in the potential zone of influence.
(2) Monitoring sites to record level, amount, and samples of ground water and aquifers potentially affected by the mining and also directly below the lowermost (deepest) coal seam to be mined.
(3) Records of well logs and borehole data to be maintained.
(4) Monitoring sites to record precipitation.
(b) The monitoring, data collection, and analysis required by this section shall be conducted according to standards and procedures set forth by rules of the commission to assure reliability and validity.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4.1-11-1.5.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.27.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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