Many of the remove_surface_by_* controls are currently not functional. I believe they are useful however and should be populated with internal routines in $MESA_DIR/star/remove_shells.f90
Atleast remove_surface_at_cell_k is functional
See https://docs.mesastar.org/en/latest/reference/star_job.html#max-q-for-remove-surface-by-v-surf-div-v-escape