---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 77.215-4"
title: "30"
number: "77.215-4"
heading: "Refuse piles; abandonment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/77.215-4"
---

# §77.215-4. Refuse piles; abandonment.


When a refuse pile is to be abandoned, the District Manager shall be notified in writing, and if he determines it can present a hazard, the refuse pile shall be abandoned in accordance with a plan submitted by the operator and approved by the District Manager. The plan shall include a schedule for its implementation and describe provisions to prevent burning and future impoundment of water, and provide for major slope stability.


## Notes

### Amendments

[40 FR 41776, Sept. 9, 1975, as amended at 60 FR 33723, June 29, 1995]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 9364, May 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[40 FR 41776, Sept. 9, 1975, as amended at 60 FR 33723, June 29, 1995]