Impound water definition
Impound water means to impound water for use in carrying out any part of the process necessary in the production or preparation of minerals.
Impound water means to accumulate water in a reservoir for immediate or future use, including the purpose of flood control and detention.
Impound water means to impound water for use in carrying out any part of the 2289 process necessary in the production or preparation of minerals. 2290 "Refuse" means waste material resulting from a mineral mining operation. 2291 "Silt" means fine particles resulting from a mineral mining operation, suspended in or 2292 deposited by water. 2293 "Water" means water used in a mining operations operation. 2294 Drafting note: The definitions section is relocated from the end of the article. 2295 Technical changes are made, including a change pursuant to § 1-227, which states that 2296 throughout the Code any word used in the singular includes the plural and vice versa. 2297 § 45.1-225.1 45.2-xxx. Dams and mine refuse piles to be constructed, approved, etc., 2298 by qualified engineer; designs and other data to be submitted to the Director; construction. 2299 A. On and after July 1, 1974, new water Any water-retaining or silt retaining dams, 2300 silt-retaining dam or a mine refuse pile, or the modification of an existing mine water water- 2301 retaining or silt silt-retaining dam or mine refuse retaining dams pile shall be designed and 2302 constructed by, or under the direction of, a qualified engineer, if such retaining dam: or pile 2303 1. Is is designed to impound water or silt to a height of (i) five feet or more above the 2304 lowest natural ground level within the impounded area; and 2305 2. Has has a storage volume of fifty 50 acre-feet or more; or 2306 3. Is designed to impound water or silt to a height of twenty (ii) 20 feet or more, 2307 regardless of storage volume. 2308 B. Water and silt retaining dam or mine refuse piles, designs Designs, construction 2309 specifications, and other related data, including final abandonment plans, for a water-retaining 2310 or silt-retaining dam or mine refuse pile shall be approved and certified by the qualified 2311 engineer as specified in subsection A of this section, and by the licensed operator or his agent. 2312 C. The designs, construction specifications, and other related data approved and 2313 certified in accordance with subsection B of this section shall be submitted for approval to the 2314 Director. If the submittal is approved by the Director approves the submittal, he shall notify 2315 the licensed operator in writing. If he the Director disapproves the submittal, he shall notify