25 Pa. Code § 89.90 - Restoration of roads
(a) Unless the
Department approves retention of a road as suitable for the approved postmining
land use, as soon as practicable after the road is no longer needed for
operations, reclamation or monitoring:
(1)
The road shall be closed to vehicular traffic.
(2) The natural drainage patterns shall be
restored.
(3) Bridges and culverts
shall be removed.
(4) Roadbeds
shall be ripped or scarified.
(5)
Fill slopes shall be rounded or reduced and shaped to conform the site to
adjacent terrain and to meet natural drainage restoration standards.
(6) Cut slopes shall be shaped to blend with
the natural contour.
(7) Cross
drains, dikes and water bars shall be constructed to minimize
erosion.
(8) Terraces shall be
constructed as necessary to prevent excessive erosion and to provide long-term
stability in cut-and-fill-slopes.
(b)
Road-surfacing materials shall be removed, hauled or conveyed, and disposed of
in accordance with §
89.63 (relating to disposal of
noncoal wastes).
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