Prohibited acts include, but are not limited to, the following:

(a) Causing any unnecessary or undue degradation;

(b) Beginning any operations, other than casual use, before you file a notice as required by §3809.21 or receive an approved plan of operations as required by §3809.412;

(c) Conducting any operations outside the scope of your notice or approved plan of operations;

(d) Beginning operations prior to providing a financial guarantee that meets the requirements of this subpart;

(e) Failing to meet the requirements of this subpart when you stop conducting operations under a notice (§3809.334), when your notice expires (§3809.335), or when you stop conducting operations under an approved plan of operations (§3809.424);

(f) Failing to comply with any applicable performance standards in §3809.420;

(g) Failing to comply with any enforcement actions provided for in §3809.601; or

(h) Abandoning any operation prior to complying with any reclamation required by this subpart or any order provided for in §3809.601.


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