30 CFR § 816.47 - Hydrologic balance: Discharge structures.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s816.47"
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title: "30 CFR § 816.47 - Hydrologic balance: Discharge structures."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "816.47"
section_name: "Hydrologic balance: Discharge structures."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "K"
subchapter_name: "PERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS"
part_number: "816"
part_name: "PERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS—SURFACE MINING ACTIVITIES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 1201  and sec 115 of Pub. L. 98-146."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 15395, Mar. 13, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
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# 816.47 Hydrologic balance: Discharge structures.

Discharge from sedimentation ponds, permanent and temporary impoundments, coal processing waste dams and embankments, and diversions shall be controlled, by energy dissipators, riprap channels, and other devices, where necessary, to reduce erosion, to prevent deepening or enlargement of stream channels, and to minimize disturbance of the hydrologic balance. Discharge structures shall be designed according to standard engineering-design procedures.

[44 FR 15395, Mar. 13, 1979, as amended at 81 FR 93392, Dec. 20, 2016; 82 FR 54979, Nov. 17, 2017]