§ 800.70 - Bonding for anthracite operations in Pennsylvania.

§ 800.70 What special bonding provisions apply to Bonding for anthracite operations in Pennsylvania?.

(a) All of the provisions of this subchapter shall apply to bonding and insuring anthracite surface coal mining and reclamation operations in Pennsylvania except that -

(1) The Specified bond limits shall be determined by the regulatory authority must determine specified bond limits in accordance with applicable provisions of Pennsylvania statutes, rules and regulations adopted promulgated thereunder, and implementing policies of the Pennsylvania regulatory authorityDepartment of Environmental Resources.

(2) The period of liability for responsibility under each bond must shall be established for those operations in accordance with applicable laws of the Commonwealth State of Pennsylvania, rules and regulations adopted promulgated thereunder, and implementing policies of the Pennsylvania regulatory authorityDepartment of Environmental Resources.

(b) Upon amendment of the Pennsylvania permanent regulatory program with respect to specified bond limits and the period of revegetation responsibility for anthracite surface coal mining and reclamation operations, any person engaging in or seeking to engage in those operations must shall comply with additional regulations the Secretary may issue as are necessary to meet the purposes of the Act.

[48 FR 32959, July 19, 1983, as amended at 81 FR 93381, Dec. 20, 2016; 82 FR 54972, Nov. 17, 2017]