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2025 Texas Statutes
Natural Resources Code
Title 4 - Mines and Mining
Chapter 134 - Texas Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act
Subchapter E. Performance Standards
Section 134.100. Proximity of Mine to Underground Mines: Exception

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TX Nat Res Code § 134.100 (2025)
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Sec. 134.100. PROXIMITY OF MINE TO UNDERGROUND MINES: EXCEPTION. 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.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 12.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

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