Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
Title 4. Conservation and Natural Resources |
Agency 25. Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy |
Chapter 31. Reclamation Regulations for Mineral Mining |
Section 460. Intermittent or perennial streams
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All intermittent or perennial streams shall be protected from spoil by natural or constructed barriers. Stream channel diversions shall safely pass the peak run-off from a 10-year, 24-hour storm. Stream channel diversions shall be at least equal to the capacity of the unmodified stream channel immediately upstream and downstream of the diversion.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 19, Issue 24, eff. September 11, 2003; amended, Virginia Register Volume 30, Issue 06, eff. December 19, 2013.
Statutory Authority
§§ 45.1-161.3 and 45.1-180.3 of the Code of Virginia.