30 CFR § 947.817 - Performance standards—underground mining activities.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s947.817"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 947.817 - Performance standards—underground mining activities."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "947.817"
section_name: "Performance standards—underground mining activities."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "T"
subchapter_name: "PROGRAMS FOR THE CONDUCT OF SURFACE MINING OPERATIONS WITHIN EACH STATE"
part_number: "947"
part_name: "WASHINGTON"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 1201"
regulatory_source: "48 FR 7883, Feb. 24, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "947"
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# 947.817 Performance standards—underground mining activities.
(a) Part 817 of this chapter, *Permanent Program Performance Standards—Underground Mining Activities,* shall apply to any person who conducts underground coal mining operations.
(b) All operators shall have a plan of reclamation approved by the Washington Department of Fisheries for operation in affected streams, RCW 75, and shall comply with the Hydraulic Project Approval Law, RCW 75.20.100, the Shoreline Management Act, RCW 90.58, the Forest Practices Act, RCW, 76.09, the Water Pollution Control Act, RCW 90.48, the Minimum Water Flows and Levels Act, RCW 90.22, the Pesticide Control Act, RCW 15.58, and the Washington Water Code, RCW 90.03, and regulations promulgated pursuant to these laws.