Performance Standards 500s 501 General Backfilling and Grading Requirements 502 Cut-And-Fill Terraces 503 Small Depressions 504 Permanent Impoundments 505 Burial and Treatment of Exposed Mineral Seams and Waste Materials 507 Storage and Final Disposal of Garbage and Other Debris 510 Disposal of Offsite-Generated Waste and Fly Ash 515 Highwall Reduction 516 Adjacent Strip and Underground Mining Operations 517 Slides and Other Damage 518 Buffer Zones 519 Monitoring for Settlement 520 Thick Overburden and Disposal of Excess Spoil 521 Temporary Cessation of Operations 522 Permanent Cessation of Operations 523 Coal Fires and Coal Conservation 524 Signs and Markers