§ 134.091 Operations Required to Meet Performance Standards
§ 134.092 Performance Standards
§ 134.093 Backfilling, Grading, and Compacting: Insufficient Overburden
§ 134.094 Backfilling, Grading, and Compacting: Sufficient Overburden
§ 134.095 Maintenance of Topsoil or Other Strata
§ 134.096 Specifications for Soil Removal, Storage, Replacement, and Reconstruction
§ 134.097 Removal, Storage, and Replacement of Soil and Overburden Without Regard to Soil Horizons
§ 134.098 Prohibition On Augering
§ 134.099 Certification of Siltation Structure
§ 134.100 Proximity of Mine to Underground Mines: Exception
§ 134.101 Rules Regarding Use of Explosives
§ 134.102 Variance to Permit Underground Mining Operations Before Reclamation
§ 134.103 Use of Introduced Species for Revegetation
§ 134.104 Responsibility for Revegetation: Area of Low Precipitation
§ 134.105 Responsibility for Revegetation: Long-Term Intensive Agricultural Postmining Use
§ 134.106 Spoil Disposal
§ 134.107 Permit Without Regard to Requirement to Restore to Approximate Original Contour
§ 134.108 Steep Slope Surface Coal Mining
§ 134.109 Variance From Requirement to Restore Contour
§ 134.110 Water Supply Replacement

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Terms Used In Texas Natural Resources Code Chapter 134 > Subchapter E - Performance Standards

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by writing, printing, or other means. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005