50-State Aggregate Mining & Wash Plant Laws
State-by-state Department of Environmental Protection surface mining reclamation permits, State DOT / ASTM C33 washed concrete sand certifications ($\text{Sand Equivalent} \ge 80$), MSHA 30 CFR Part 46/56 safety rules, and NPDES process water settling pond discharge standards.
| State | Governing Mining Agency / Environmental DEQ | State DOT Concrete Sand Cleanliness Standard | NPDES Wash Plant Process Water & Settling Pond Permit | Surface Mining Reclamation Bond Mandate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | ALDOT / ADEM Mining & Water Division | ALDOT Sec 802 / ASTM C33 (SE ≥ 80) | ADEM General Permit ALG85 (Wash Water) | ADEM Surface Mining Bond ($2,500/acre) |
| Alaska | DOT&PF / Alaska DNR Division of Mining | Alaska DOT Section 703 Concrete Aggregates | DEC APDES Mining General Permit | DNR Reclamation Plan & Performance Bond |
| Arizona | ADOT / ADEQ Water Quality Division | ADOT Standard Specs Section 1006 | ADEQ Mining General Permit (Type 2.01) | ASMI MSHA compliant reclamation bond |
| Arkansas | ARDOT / ADEQ Mining & Water Division | ARDOT Section 1001 Fine Aggregate | ADEQ General Permit ARG500000 | ADEQ Open-Cut Mining Reclamation Bond |
| California | Caltrans / CA DOC Division of Mine Reclamation (SMARA) | Caltrans Section 90 Concrete Sand (SE ≥ 75–80) | State Water Board Industrial General Permit | Strict SMARA Financial Assurance Cost Estimate |
| Colorado | CDOT / Colorado DRMS (Minerals Program) | CDOT Section 703.01 Concrete Aggregates | CDPHE Sand and Gravel General Permit | DRMS 112 Reclamation Performance Bond |
| Connecticut | CTDOT / CT DEEP Water Permitting | CTDOT Form 818 Section M.03.01 | DEEP Comprehensive General Permit | Local municipal excavation bonding |
| Delaware | DelDOT / DNREC Surface Water Section | DelDOT Section 1003 Fine Aggregates | DNREC Sand & Gravel NPDES Permit | DNREC Sediment and Stormwater bond |
| Florida | FDOT / Florida DEP Mining & Mitigation | FDOT Section 902 Fine Aggregate (C33) | FDEP Industrial Wastewater GP (62-621) | FDEP Mandatory Reclamation Program |
| Georgia | GDOT / Georgia EPD Surface Mining Unit | GDOT Section 801 Fine Aggregate | EPD General Permit GAG55 (Mining) | EPD Surface Mining Reclamation Bond |
| Hawaii | HDOT / Hawaii DOH Clean Water Branch | HDOT Section 703 Concrete Aggregates | DOH NPDES Form G (Process Water) | County grading & quarrying bond |
| Idaho | ITD / Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) | ITD Section 703 Concrete Aggregates | IDEQ IPDES Sand and Gravel Permit | IDL Surface Mining Bond ($2,500/acre) |
| Illinois | IDOT / Illinois DNR Office of Mines & Minerals | IDOT Section 1003 Fine Aggregate (FA 01) | Illinois EPA NPDES Permit ILG84 | IDNR Surface Mined Land Reclamation Bond |
| Indiana | INDOT / Indiana DNR Division of Reclamation | INDOT Section 904 Aggregates (Size 23) | IDEM Sand and Gravel General Permit (ING49) | DNR Open Pit Mining Reclamation Bond |
| Iowa | Iowa DOT / Iowa DNR Mines & Minerals | Iowa DOT Section 4110 Concrete Sand | Iowa DNR NPDES General Permit #5 | DNR Mineral Mining License & Bond |
| Kansas | KDOT / KDHE Bureau of Water | KDOT Section 1102 Aggregates for Concrete | KDHE General Permit for Quarries (G-QS00) | State Conservation Commission bond |
| Kentucky | KYTC / Kentucky EEC Department for Natural Resources | KYTC Section 804 Fine Aggregate | KPDES General Permit KYG84 (Mining) | DNR Non-Coal Mineral Mining Permit & Bond |
| Louisiana | DOTD / LDNR Office of Mineral Resources | DOTD Section 1003.02 Concrete Sand | LDEQ General Permit LAG33 (Sand/Gravel) | LDNR Coastal / Wetland Reclamation Bond |
| Maine | MaineDOT / Maine DEP Land Resources | MaineDOT Section 703.01 Fine Aggregate | Maine MEPDES Sand and Gravel General Permit | DEP Chapter 378 Performance Standards |
| Maryland | MDOT SHA / MDE Minerals, Oil & Gas | MDOT Section 901.01 Concrete Sand | MDE General Permit 15MM (Mineral Mines) | MDE Surface Mining Reclamation Permit & Bond |
| Massachusetts | MassDOT / MassDEP Water Management | MassDOT Section M4.02.02 Fine Aggregate | MassDEP Surface Water Discharge Permit | Municipal Earth Removal By-law Bond |
| Michigan | MDOT / EGLE Oil, Gas, and Minerals Division | MDOT Section 902 Fine Aggregate (2NS Sand) | EGLE Industrial Storm Water / Process Water | Part 637 Sand Dune / Mining Bond |
| Minnesota | MnDOT / Minnesota DNR Lands and Minerals | MnDOT Section 3126 Concrete Sand | MPCA Non-Metallic Mining General Permit | County Conditional Use Mining Reclamation Bond |
| Mississippi | MDOT / MDEQ Office of Geology (Mining) | MDOT Section 703.02 Concrete Sand | MDEQ Mining General Permit (MSR32) | MDEQ Surface Mining Reclamation Permit & Bond |
| Missouri | MoDOT / Missouri DNR Land Reclamation Program | MoDOT Section 1005 Sand for Concrete | DNR Water Pollution Control Permit MO-G49 | DNR Surface Mining Reclamation Bond |
| Montana | MDT / Montana DEQ Opencut Mining Section | MDT Section 701.01 Concrete Aggregates | MDEQ MPDES Sand & Gravel General Permit | DEQ Opencut Mining Reclamation Bond |
| Nebraska | NDOT / NDEE Water Quality Division | NDOT Section 1033 Concrete Aggregate | NDEE General Permit NEG71 (Mineral Mining) | Local Natural Resources District (NRD) Rules |
| Nevada | NDOT / NDEP Bureau of Mining Regulation | NDOT Section 706.03.01 Fine Aggregate | NDEP General Permit NVEV2008 (Sand/Gravel) | NDEP Mining Reclamation Surety Bond |
| New Hampshire | NHDOT / NHDES Alteration of Terrain Bureau | NHDOT Section 520 / ASTM C33 Sand | NHDES General Permit for Non-Metallic Mines | RSA 155-E Local Earth Excavation Bond |
| New Jersey | NJDOT / NJDEP Division of Water Quality | NJDOT Section 901.06 Concrete Sand | NJPDES General Permit 5G3 (Mining) | Soil Conservation District Reclamation Plan |
| New Mexico | NMDOT / New Mexico EMNRD Mining & Minerals | NMDOT Section 304 / ASTM C33 Sand | NMED NPDES Sand & Gravel General Permit | EMNRD Mining Act Reclamation Bond |
| New York | NYSDOT / NYS DEC Division of Mineral Resources | NYSDOT Section 703-07 Concrete Sand (703-01) | NYSDEC Mined Land General Permit (GP-0-17-001) | NYSDEC Mined Land Reclamation Bond |
| North Carolina | NCDOT / NC DEQ Division of Energy, Mineral & Land | NCDOT Section 1014-1 Fine Aggregate | NC DEQ NPDES General Permit NCG02 (Mining) | NC Mining Act Reclamation Performance Bond |
| North Dakota | NDDOT / ND DEQ Division of Water Quality | NDDOT Section 816.01 Concrete Sand | ND DEQ Mining General Permit (NDG71) | County Zoning Mining Reclamation Bond |
| Ohio | ODOT / ODNR Division of Mineral Resources | ODOT Section 703.02 Concrete Sand | Ohio EPA General Permit OHG49 (Mining) | ODNR Industrial Minerals Mining Surety Bond |
| Oklahoma | ODOT / Oklahoma Department of Mines (ODM) | ODOT Section 701.05 Concrete Fine Aggregate | ODEQ General Permit OKG95 (Sand/Gravel) | ODM Surface Mining Reclamation Surety Bond |
| Oregon | ODOT / DOGAMI (Mined Land Reclamation) | ODOT Section 02690 Concrete Aggregates | DEQ NPDES General Permit 1200-A (Gravel) | DOGAMI Operating Permit & Reclamation Bond |
| Pennsylvania | PennDOT / PA DEP Bureau of Mining Programs | PennDOT Section 703.1 Fine Aggregate (Type A) | PA DEP NPDES General Permit PAG-04 | PA DEP Noncoal Surface Mining Permit & Bond |
| Rhode Island | RIDOT / RIDEM Office of Water Resources | RIDOT Section M.02.02 Fine Aggregate | RIDEM RIPDES Sand and Gravel General Permit | Municipal Earth Removal Permit & Bond |
| South Carolina | SCDOT / SC DHEC Bureau of Land & Waste | SCDOT Section 701.2.9 Fine Aggregate | SC DHEC NPDES General Permit SCRG50 | DHEC Mining Act Reclamation Operating Bond |
| South Dakota | SDDOT / SD DANR Minerals & Mining Program | SDDOT Section 800 Concrete Sand | DANR General Permit for Sand & Gravel (SDG71) | DANR Mine Operator License & Bond |
| Tennessee | TDOT / TDEC Division of Water Resources | TDOT Section 903.01 Fine Aggregate | TDEC NPDES Mining General Permit (TNG84) | TDEC Surface Mining Reclamation Bond |
| Texas | TxDOT / TCEQ Water Quality Division (30 TAC) | TxDOT Item 421 Concrete Aggregates (Grade 1) | TCEQ Aggregate Quarry General Permit (TXG11) | TCEQ Aggregate Production Operations (APO) Reg |
| Utah | UDOT / Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining (OGM) | UDOT Section 03055 Concrete Sand | DWQ UPDES General Permit UTG49 (Sand/Gravel) | OGM Small / Large Mine Reclamation Bond |
| Vermont | VTrans / VT DEC Watershed Management | VTrans Section 704.01 Fine Aggregate | VT DEC NPDES Mineral Mining General Permit | Act 250 Environmental Land Use Permit Bond |
| Virginia | VDOT / Virginia Energy (Division of Mineral Mining) | VDOT Section 202 Fine Aggregate (Grading A) | VDEQ General Permit VAG84 (Non-Metallic) | DMM Mineral Mining Reclamation Bond |
| Washington | WSDOT / Washington DNR Geology & Earth Resources | WSDOT Section 9-03.1 Concrete Aggregates | Ecology Sand & Gravel General Permit | DNR Surface Mine Reclamation Permit & Bond |
| West Virginia | WVDOT / WV DEP Division of Mining & Reclamation | WVDOT Section 702.1 Fine Aggregate | WV DEP NPDES General Permit WVG84 | WV DEP Quarry & Mineral Mining Surety Bond |
| Wisconsin | WisDOT / Wisconsin DNR Nonmetallic Mining | WisDOT Section 501 Concrete Sand (FA-1) | DNR WPDES General Permit WI-0046515 (Mining) | NR 135 Mandatory County Reclamation Bond |
| Wyoming | WYDOT / Wyoming DEQ Land Quality Division | WYDOT Section 803.01 Concrete Aggregates | WDEQ WYPDES Sand and Gravel General Permit | WDEQ Limited Mining Operation (LMO) Bond |