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Section 744.13 Performance standards: Completion of operations and <br />• abandonment. <br />(a) Temporary abandonment. Each person who conducts surface coal <br />mining and reclamation operations shall, in areas in which there are no <br />current operations, comply with 30 CFR 816.131 or 817.131, as appropri- <br />ate, and post conspicuous signs at the location of all surface openings <br />to prohibit entry of unauthorized persons. <br />As delineated in Section 816.131, Kert Coal will comply with the <br />provisions regulating temporary abandonment. Specifically, and as <br />more fully discussed in Section 816.131, in the event of temporary <br />abandonment conspicuous signs will be placed at all entrances to <br />the mine to prohibit entry of unauthorized persons. <br />• (b) Permanent abandonment. <br />(1) Before permanent abandonment of coal exploration or surface coal <br />mining and reclamation operations, all affected areas shall be closed, <br />backfilled, or permanently reclaimed in accordance with 30 CFR 816.132 <br />or 817.132 as appropriate. In addition, drill holes, trenches, and <br />other excavations for coal exploration, development, or prospecting <br />shall be abandoned in a manner that protects the surface and does not <br />endanger any present or future underground mining activities or any <br />deposit of oil, gas, other mineral resources, or ground water. <br />(2) Methods of permanent abandonment shall be approved in advance, by <br />the Regional Director, under the mine plan and the permit. Abandonment <br />shall include backfilling, regrading, revegetating, cementing, and <br />capped casing, combinations of these or other methods, in accordance <br />with the requirements of Subchapter K of this Chapter. Reclamation and <br />clean-up of permanently abandoned surface coal mining and reclamation <br />. operations shall commence, without delay, following cessation of mining <br />_ operations. <br />744-4 <br />