Workable Coal Seam

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Workable Coal Seam

Workable coal seam—One of the following:

A coal seam in fact being mined in the area in question under the act and this chapter by underground methods.
A coal seam which, in the judgment of the Department, reasonably can be expected to be mined by underground methods.

Source: Oil and Gas Wells, Pennsylvania Code, Title 25, Chapter 78, December 2012. Regulations

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