---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 816.181"
title: "30"
number: "816.181"
heading: "Support facilities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/816.181"
---

# §816.181. Support facilities.

- (a) Support facilities shall be operated in accordance with a permit issued for the mine or coal preparation operation to which it is incident or from which its operation results.
- (b) In addition to the other provisions of this part, support facilities shall be located, maintained, and used in a manner that—
  - (1) Prevents or controls erosion and siltation, water pollution, and damage to public or private property; and
  - (2) **To the extent possible using the best technology currently available—**
    - (i) Minimizes damage to fish, wildlife, and related environmental values; and
    - (ii) Minimizes additional contributions of suspended solids to streamflow or runoff outside the permit area. Any such contributions shall not be in excess of limitations of State or Federal law.

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 20401, May 5, 1983, as amended at 81 FR 93392, Dec. 20, 2016; 82 FR 54979, Nov. 17, 2017]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.; and sec 115 of Pub. L. 98-146.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 15395, Mar. 13, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 20401, May 5, 1983, as amended at 81 FR 93392, Dec. 20, 2016; 82 FR 54979, Nov. 17, 2017]