Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 134.100 · Subchapter E. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
PROXIMITY OF MINE TO UNDERGROUND MINES: EXCEPTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Notwithstanding Section 134.092(a)(12), the commission shall permit an operator to mine near or through an abandoned underground mine or closer to an active underground mine than allowed by that section if:
(1) the nature, timing, and sequencing of the approximate coincidence of specific surface mine activities with specific underground mine activities are jointly approved by the regulatory authorities concerned with surface mine regulation and the health and safety of underground miners; and
(2) the operations will result in:
(A) improved resource recovery;
(B) abatement of water pollution; or
(C) elimination of hazards to the health and safety of the public.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 12.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.134.htm
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