PERMFILE48678

• Permit No: C1981071
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Doc Name: LEGISLATIVE INTENT & BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Section_Exhibit Name: PR2 Appendix V & Exhibit 1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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"A^r2ROXIciATE O~IGI2iAL CON'S~I;?"
The tern: "a=proxiaate oricinal contour" (AOC) is included
in a number of instances in Federal and State statutes and
regulations dealinc with the mining of coal. t~ithout citing
the pertinent provisions in detail, the AOC phrase is employed
in the followinc:
Surface t4ininc Control and ??eclar..ation Fact or 1°'7
Sec. 5'_5(b)(3) "...backfill...crade in order to
• restore the approxi:aate original wntour of the land
" (continues to discuss alternatives in thin and
thick seam mining).
(d) "...cover cor..pletely `.he high wall and
return the site to the aprroxiaate original contour
..." (recuirements for steep slope mining).
(e)(1) "...shall include procedures pursuant
to which the reculator,~ authority r.,ay permit variances
...,,
(e)(2) `...where an applicant meets re?uirertents
of...a variance from the recuirement to restore to
approxir..ate original contour ... may be granted...."
(e)(3) (Deouirements for variances).
Code of Federal Reaulaticns - 30C_°t? Cha^ter CII
Sec. £16.102
(a) "Disturbed areas shall be bac'sfilled and traded
to--
• (1) F:chieve the aprroxi:-ate original contour except