10 CSR 40-8.010 - Definitions
PURPOSE: This rule sets forth definitions applicable to 10 CSR 40-3-10 CSR 40-9, pursuant to section 444.810, RSMo.
(1) Definitions.
(A) As used throughout 10 CSR 40-3-10 CSR
40-9, the following terms have the specified meaning except where otherwise
indicated:
1. Acid drainage means water with
a pH of less than six (6) and in which total acidity exceeds total alkalinity,
discharged from an active, inactive or abandoned surface coal mine and
reclamation operation or from an area affected by surface coal mining and
reclamation operations;
2.
Acid-forming materials mean earth materials that contain sulfide minerals or
other materials which, if exposed to air, water or weathering processes, form
acids that may create acid drainage;
3. Act means the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 ( P.L. 95-87);
4. Adjacent area means land located outside
the affected area, permit area or mine area, depending on the context in which
adjacent area is used, where air, surface or ground water, fish, wildlife,
vegetation or other resources may be adversely impacted by surface coal mining
and reclamation operations including probable impacts from underground
workings;
5. Affected area means
any land or water surface area which is used to facilitate, or is physically
altered by, surface coal mining and reclamation operations. The affected area
includes the disturbed area; any area upon which surface coal mining and
reclamation operations are conducted; any adjacent lands the use of which is
incidental to surface coal mining and reclamation operations; all areas covered
by new and existing roads used to gain access to, or for hauling coal to or
from surface coal mining and reclamation operations, except as provided in this
definition; any area covered by surface excavations, workings, impoundments,
dams, ventilation shafts, entryways, refuse banks, dumps, stockpiles,
overburden piles, spoil banks, culm banks, tailings, holes or depressions,
repair areas, storage areas, shipping areas; any area upon which are sited
structures, facilities or other property material on the surface resulting
from, or incident to, surface coal mining and reclamation operations; and the
area located above underground workings. Public roads may be included in the
affected area and regulated on a case-by-case basis, as determined by the
extent of mining-related use;
6.
Agricultural use means the use of any tract of land for the production of
animal or vegetable life. The uses include, but are not limited to, the
pasturing, grazing and watering of livestock and the cropping, cultivation and
harvesting of plants;
7. Anthracite
means coal classified as anthracite in ASTM Standard D 388-77. Coal
classifications are published by the American Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM) under the title, Standard Specification for Classification of Coals by
Rank, ASTM D 388-77, on pages 220-224. Table I which classifies the coals by
rank is presented on page 223. This publication is incorporated by reference as
it exists on February 11 , 1980;
8.
Applicant means any person seeking a permit from the commission or director to
conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations or a revision or renewal
of the permit;
9. Approximate
original contour means that surface configuration achieved by backfilling and
grading of the mined areas so that the reclaimed area, including any terracing
or access roads, closely resembles the general surface configuration of the
land prior to mining and blends into and complements the drainage pattern of
the surrounding terrain with all highwalls, spoil piles and coal refuse piles
eliminated. Permanent water impoundments may be permitted where it is
determined that they comply with
10
CSR 40-3.040(10) and (17) and
10 CSR
40-3.130;
10. Aquifer means a zone, stratum or group of
strata that can store and transmit water in sufficient quantities for a
specific use;
11. Auger mining
means a method of mining coal at a cliff or highwall by drilling holes into an
exposed coal seam from the highwall and transporting the coal along an auger
bit to the surface;
12. Best
technology currently available means equipment, devices, systems, methods or
techniques which will-
A. Prevent, to the
extent possible, additional contributions of suspended solids to stream flow or
runoff outside the permit area, but in no event result in contributions of
suspended solids in excess of requirements set by applicable state or federal
laws; and
B. Minimize, to the
extent possible, disturbance and adverse impact on fish, wildlife and related
environmental values and achieve enhancement of those resources where
practicable. The term includes equipment, devices, systems, methods or
techniques which are currently available anywhere even if they are not in
routine use. The term includes, but is not limited to, construction practices,
siting requirements, vegetative selection and planting requirements, animal
stocking requirements, scheduling of activities and design of siltation
structures in accordance with 10 CSR 40-3. Within the constraints of the
permanent program, the commission and director will determine the best
technology currently available on a case-by-case basis;
13. Buffer zone means a boundary which
establishes a limit of mining-related disturbance beyond which a variance to
the regulations must be obtained before disturbance;
14. Coal means combustible carbonaceous rock,
classified as anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous or lignite by ASTM Standard
D 388-77, referred to and incorporated by reference in the definition of
anthracite in paragraph (1)(A)7.;
15. Coal exploration means the field
gathering of-
A. Surface or subsurface
geologic, physical or chemical data by mapping, trenching, drilling,
geophysical or other techniques necessary to determine the quality and quantity
of overburden and coal of an area; or
B. Environmental data to establish the
conditions of an area before beginning surface coal mining and reclamation
operations under the requirements of the regulatory program;
16. Coal mine waste means coal
processing waste and underground development waste;
17. Coal preparation area means that portion
of the permitted area used for the benefication of raw coal and structures
related to the benefication process, such as the washer, tipple, crusher,
slurry pond(s), gob pile and all waste material directly connected with the
cleaning, preparation and shipping of coal, but does not include subsurface
coal waste disposal areas;
18. Coal
preparation area reclamation means the reclamation of the coal preparation area
by disposal or burial, or both, of coal waste according to the approved
reclamation plan, the replacement of topsoil and initial seeding;
19. Coal processing plant or coal preparation
plant means a facility where coal is subjected to chemical or physical
processing or cleaning, concentrating or other processing or preparation. It
includes facilities associated with coal preparation activities, including, but
not limited to, the following: loading facilities; storage and stockpile
facilities; sheds, shops and other buildings; water treatment and water storage
facilities; settling basins and impoundments; coal processing and other waste
disposal areas; and roads, railroad and other transport facilities;
20. Coal processing waste means earth
materials which are separated and wasted from the product coal during the
cleaning, concentrating or other processing or preparation of coal;
21. Coal processing waste bank means a
surface deposit of coal mine waste that does not impound water, slurry or other
liquid or semiliquid material;
22.
Combustible material means organic material that is capable of burning, either
by fire or through oxidation, accompanied by the evolution of heat and a
significant temperature rise;
23.
Commission means the Land Reclamation Commission created by section
444.520,
RSMo;
24. Compaction means
increasing the density of a material by reducing the voids between the
particles and is generally accomplished by controlled placement and mechanical
effort, such as from repeated application of wheel, track or roller loads from
heavy equipment;
25. Cropland means
land used for the production of adapted crops for harvest, alone or in a
rotation with grasses and legumes and includes row crops, small grain crops,
hay crops, nursery crops, orchard crops and other similar specialty
crops;
26. Cumulative impact area
means the area, including the permit area within which impacts resulting from
the proposed operation may interact with the impacts of all anticipated mining
on surface and ground water systems. Anticipated mining shall include, at a
minimum, the entire projected lives through bond release of:
A. The proposed operation;
B. All existing operations;
C. Any operations for which a permit
application has been submitted to the Land Reclamation Program; and
D. All operations required to meet diligent
development requirements for leased federal coal for which there is actual mine
development information available;
27. Department means the Department of the
Interior;
28. Director means the
director of the Land Reclamation Commission;
29. Director of the office means the director
of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement or the
representative of the director of the office;
30. Disturbed area means an area where
vegetation, topsoil or overburden is removed or upon which topsoil, spoil, coal
processing waste, underground development waste or noncoal waste is placed by
surface coal mining operations. Those areas are classified as disturbed until
reclamation is complete and the performance bond required by 10 CSR 40-7 is
released;
31. Diversion means a
channel, embankment or other man-made structure constructed to divert water
from one (1) area to another;
32.
Downslope means the land surface between the projected outcrop of the lowest
coalbed being mined along each highwall and a valley floor;
33. Embankment means an artificial deposit of
material that is raised above the natural surface of the land and used to
contain, divert or store water, support roads or railways or for other similar
purposes;
34. Ephemeral stream
means a stream which flows only in direct response to precipitation in the
immediate watershed or in response to the melting of a cover of snow and ice
and which has a channel bottom that is always above the local water
table;
35. Existing structure means
a structure or facility used in connection with or to facilitate surface coal
mining and reclamation operations for which construction begins prior to the
approval of a state program;
36.
Federal lands means any land, including mineral interest, owned by the United
States, without regard to how the United States acquired ownership of the lands
or which agency manages the lands. It does not include Indian lands;
37. Federal lands program means a program
established by the secretary pursuant to section 523 of the Act to regulate
surface coal mining and reclamation operations on federal lands;
38. Federal program means a program
established by the secretary pursuant to section 504 of the Act to regulate
coal exploration and surface coal mining and reclamation operations on
nonfederal and non-Indian lands within a state in accordance with the Act and
30 CFR 736;
39. Fugitive dust means
that particulate matter not emitted from a duct or stack which becomes airborne
due to the forces of wind or surface coal mining and reclamation operations or
both. During surface coal mining and reclamation operations it may include:
emissions from haul roads; wind erosion of exposed surfaces, storage piles and
spoil piles; reclamation operations; and other activities in which material is
either removed, stored, transported or redistributed;
40. Groundwater means subsurface water that
fills available openings in rock or soil materials to the extent that they are
considered water saturated;
41.
Half-shrub means a perennial plant with a woody base whose annually produced
stems die back each year;
42.
Head-of-hollow fill means a fill structure consisting of any material, other
than coal processing waste and organic material, placed in the uppermost
reaches of a hollow where side slopes of the existing hollow measured at the
steepest point are greater than twenty degrees (>20°) or the average
slope of the profile of the hollow from the toe of the fill to the top of the
fill is greater than ten degrees (>10°). In fills with less than two
hundred fifty thousand (<250,000) cubic yards of material, associated with
contour mining, the top surface of the fill will be at the elevation of the
coal seam. In all other head-of-hollow fills, the top surface of the fill, when
completed, is at approximately the same elevation as the adjacent ridge line,
and no significant area of natural drainage occurs above the fill draining into
the fill area;
43. Highwall means
the face of exposed overburden and coal in an open cut of a surface coal mining
activity or for entry to underground mining activities;
44. Historically used for cropland means-
A. Lands that have been used for cropland for
any five (5) years or more out of the ten (10) years immediately preceding the
acquisition, including purchase, lease or option, of the land for the purpose
of conducting or allowing through resale, lease or option the conduct of
surface coal mining and reclamation operations;
B. Lands determined on the basis of
additional cropland history of the surrounding lands and the lands under
consideration, that the permit area is clearly cropland but falls outside the
specific five (5)-year-in-ten (10) criterion, in which case the regulations for
prime farmland may be applied to include more years of cropland history only to
increase the prime farmland acreage to be preserved; or
C. Lands that would likely have been used as
cropland for any five (5) out of the last ten (10) years immediately preceding
acquisition but for the same fact of ownership or control of the land unrelated
to the productivity of the land;
45. Hydrologic balance means the relationship
between the quality and quantity of water inflow to, water outflow from and
water storage in a hydrologic unit, such as a drainage basin, aquifer, soil
zone, lake or reservoir. It encompasses the dynamic relationships among
precipitation, runoff, evaporation and changes in ground and surface water
storage;
46. Hydrologic regime
means the entire state of water movement in a given area. It is a function of
the climate and includes the phenomena by which water first occurs as
atmospheric water vapor, passes into a liquid or solid form, falls as
precipitation, moves along or into the ground surface and returns to the
atmosphere as vapor by means of evaporation and transpiration;
47. Imminent danger to the health and safety
of the public means the existence of any condition or practice, or any
violation of a permit or other requirements of the law in a surface coal mining
and reclamation operation, which condition, practice or violation could
reasonably be expected to cause substantial physical harm to persons outside
the permit area before the condition, practice or violation can be abated. A
reasonable expectation of death or serious injury before abatement exists, if a
rational person subjected to the same condition or practice giving rise to the
peril, would avoid exposure to the danger during the time necessary for
abatement;
48. Impounding structure
means a dam, embankment or other structure used to impound water, slurry or
other liquid or semiliquid material;
49. Impoundment means all water, sediment,
slurry or other liquid or semiliquid holding structures and depressions, either
naturally formed or artificially built;
50.
In situ processes means
activities conducted on the surface or underground in connection with in-place
distillation, retorting, leaching or other chemical or physical processing of
coal. The term includes, but is not limited to, in situ
gasification, in situ leaching, slurry mining, solution
mining, bore-hole mining and fluid recovery mining;
51. Intermittent stream means a stream or
reach of a stream that-
A. Drains a watershed
of at least one (1) square mile; or
B. Is below the local water table for at
least some part of the year, and obtains its flow from both surface runoff and
groundwater discharge;
52. Land use means specific uses or
management-related activities, rather than the vegetation or cover of the land.
Land uses may be identified in combination when joint or seasonal uses occur.
Changes of land use or uses from one (1) of the following categories to another
shall be considered as a change to an alternative land use which is subject to
approval in the permit and plan:
A. Cropland
means land used for the production of adapted crops for harvest, alone or in a
rotation with grasses and legumes and includes row crops, small grain crops,
hay crops, nursery crops, orchard crops and other similar specialty crops. Land
used for facilities in support of cropland farming operations which is adjacent
to or an integral part of these operations is also included for purposes of
these land use categories;
B.
Pasture means land used primarily for the long-term production of adapted,
domesticated, forage plants to be grazed by livestock or occasionally cut and
cured for livestock feed. Land used for facilities in support of pastureland or
land occasionally cut for hay which is adjacent to or an integral part of these
operations is also included;
C.
Prime farmland means an area which has been historically used for crop
production, as defined previously, and which has prime farmland soils as
defined by the United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation
Service (now known as the Natural Resources Conservation Service) in 7 CFR
657;
D. Woodland means land used or
managed for the long-term production of wood, wood fiber or wood-derived
products. Land used for facilities in support of forest harvest and management
operations which is adjacent to or an integral part of these operations is also
included;
E. Residential includes
single- and multi-family housing, mobile home parks and other residential
lodgings. Land used for facilities in support of residential operations which
is adjacent to or an integral part of these operations is also included.
Support facilities include, but are not limited to, vehicle parking and open
space that directly relate to the residential use;
F. Industrial/commercial means land used for-
(I) Extraction or transformation of materials
for fabrication of products, wholesaling of products or for long-term storage
of products. This includes all heavy and light manufacturing facilities such as
lumber and wood processing, chemical manufacturing, petroleum refining and
fabricated metal products manufactured. Land used for facilities in support of
these operations which is adjacent to or an integral part of that operation is
also included. Support facilities include, but are not limited to, all railroad
or other transportation facilities; and
(II) Retail or trade of goods or services,
including hotels, motels, stores, restaurants and other commercial
establishments. Land used for facilities in support of commercial operations
which is adjacent to or an integral part of these operations is also included.
Support facilities include, but are not limited to, parking, storage or
shipping facilities;
G.
Recreation means land used for public or private leisure-time use, including
developed recreation facilities such as parks, camps and amusement areas, as
well as areas for less intensive uses such as hiking, canoeing and other
undeveloped recreational uses;
H.
Fish and wildlife habitat means land dedicated wholly or partially to the
production, protection or management of species of fish or wildlife;
I. Water includes land used for storing water
for beneficial uses such as stockponds, irrigation, fire protection, flood
control and water supply; and
J.
Undeveloped land means land that is undeveloped or, if previously developed,
land that has been allowed to return naturally to an undeveloped state or has
been allowed to return to forest through natural succession;
53. Law, the law, this law, state
surface coal mining and reclamation law or surface coal mining law means
sections 444.800-444.940, RSMo;
54.
Mine plan area means the same as the permit area. Other terms defined in this
rule which relate closely to mine plan area are-
A. Affected area, which will always be within
or the same as the permit area; and
B. Adjacent area, which may surround or
extend beyond the affected area, permit area or mine plan area;
55. Mulch means vegetation
residues or other suitable materials that aid in soil stabilization and soil
moisture conservation, thus providing microclimatic conditions suitable for
germination and growth;
56. Noxious
plants means species that have been included on official state lists of noxious
plants;
57. Office means the Office
of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) established under Title
II of the Act;
58. Operator means
any person engaged in coal mining;
59. Other treatment facilities means any
chemical treatments, such as flocculation or neutralization, or mechanical
structures, such as clarifiers or precipitators, that have a point source
discharge and that are utilized-
A. To prevent
additional contributions of dissolved or suspended solids to stream flow or
runoff outside the permit area; or
B. To comply with all applicable state and
federal water quality laws and regulations;
60. Outslope means the face of the spoil or
embankment sloping downward from the highest elevation to the toe;
61. Overburden means material of any nature,
consolidated or unconsolidated, that overlies a coal deposit excluding
topsoil;
62. Perennial stream means
a stream or part of a stream that flows continuously during all of the calendar
year as a result of groundwater discharge or surface runoff. The term does not
include intermittent stream or ephemeral stream;
63. Performance bond means a surety bond,
personal bond or a combination of them, by which a permittee assures faithful
performance of all the requirements of the regulatory program and the
requirements of the permit and reclamation plan;
64. Permanent diversion means a diversion
remaining after surface coal mining and reclamation operations are completed
which has been approved for retention in the permit and plan and other
appropriate state and federal agencies;
65. Permit means a permit to conduct surface
coal mining and reclamation operations or coal exploration operations issued by
the commission pursuant to the regulatory program;
66. Permit area means the area of land
indicated on the approved map submitted by the operator with his/her
application, which area of land shall be covered by the operator's bond and
shall be readily identifiable by appropriate markers on the site;
67. Permittee means a person holding a permit
or required by this law to hold a permit issued by the commission or director
pursuant to this law to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations
and coal exploration;
68. Person
means any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company, public or
private corporation, association, joint stock company trust, estate, political
subdivision or any agency, board, department or bureau of the state or federal
government, or any other legal entity which is recognized by law as the subject
of rights and duties;
69. Person
having an interest which is or may be adversely affected or person with a valid
legal interest shall include any person:
A.
Who uses any resource of economic, recreational, aesthetic or environmental
value that may be adversely affected by coal exploration or surface coal mining
and reclamation operations or any related action of the commission or director;
or
B. Whose property is or may be
adversely affected by coal exploration or surface coal mining and reclamation
operations or any related action of the commission or director;
70. Plan means the reclamation
plan submitted by an applicant as a condition precedent to receiving a
permit;
71. Precipitation event
means a quantity of water resulting from drizzle, rain, snow, sleet or hail in
a limited period of time. It may be expressed in terms of recurrence interval.
As used in these rules, precipitation event also includes that quantity of
water emanating from snow cover as snow melts in a limited period of
time;
72. Previously mined area
means land affected by surface coal mining operations prior to August 3, 1977,
that has not been reclaimed to the standards of 10 CSR 40 Chapters
3-8;
73. Prime farmland means land
which meets the technical criteria established by the Secretary of Agriculture
in 7 CFR 657 (FR Vol. 4, No. 21) and which has historically been used for
cropland as that phrase is defined above;
74. Public office means a facility under the
direction and control of a governmental entity which is open to public access
on a regular basis during reasonable business hours;
75. Recharge capacity means the ability of
the soils and underlying materials to allow precipitation and runoff to
infiltrate and reach the zone of saturation;
76. Reclamation means those actions taken to
restore mined land, as required by the regulatory program, to postmining land
use approved in the permit and plan;
77. Reclamation plan means a plan submitted
by an applicant for a permit which sets forth a plan for reclamation of the
proposed surface coal mining operations;
78. Recurrence interval means the interval of
time in which a precipitation event is expected to occur once on the average.
For example, the ten- (10-) year, twenty-four-(24-) hour precipitation event
would be that twenty-four- (24-) hour precipitation event expected to occur on
the average once in ten (10) years;
79. Reference area means a land unit
maintained under appropriate management for the purpose of measuring vegetation
ground cover, productivity and plant species diversity that are produced
naturally or by crop production methods approved in the permit and plan.
Reference areas must be representative of geology, soil, slope and vegetation
in the permit area;
80. Refuse pile
means a surface deposit of coal mine waste that does not impound water, slurry
or other liquid or semiliquid material;
81. Regional director means a regional
director of the office or a regional director's representative;
82. Regulatory authority means the Land
Reclamation Commission, the director, or their designated representatives and
employees unless otherwise specified in these rules;
83. Regulatory program means the law and all
regulations adopted pursuant to the law and submitted to and approved by the
secretary of the office;
84.
Renewable resource lands means aquifers and areas for the recharge of aquifers
and other underground waters, areas for agricultural or silvicultural
production of food and fiber and grazing lands;
85. Replacement of water supply means, with
respect to protected water supplies contaminated, diminished or interrupted by
coal mining operations, provision of water supply on both a temporary and
permanent basis equivalent to premining quality and quantity. Replacement
includes provision of an equivalent water delivery system and payment of any
excess operation and maintenance costs over what had been customary and
reasonable delivery costs for premining water supplies.
A. Upon agreement by the permittee and the
water supply owner, the obligation to pay such operation and maintenance costs
may be satisfied by a one- (1-) time payment in an amount which covers the
present worth of the increased annual operation and maintenance costs for a
period agreed to by the permittee and the water supply owner.
B. If the affected water supply was not
needed for the land use in existence at the time of loss, contamination or
diminution, and if the supply is not needed to achieve the postmining land use,
replacement requirements may be satisfied by demonstrating that a suitable
alternative water source is available and could feasibly be developed. If the
latter approach is selected, written concurrence must be obtained from the
water supply owner.
86.
Road means a surface right-of-way for purposes of travel by land vehicles used
in coal exploration or surface coal mining and reclamation operations. A road
consists of the entire area within the right-of-way, including the roadbed,
shoulders, parking and side area, approaches, structures, ditches, and surface.
The term includes access and haul roads constructed, used, reconstructed,
improved or maintained for use in coal exploration or surface coal mining and
reclamation operations, including use by coal-hauling vehicles to and from
transfer, processing or storage areas. The term does not include ramps and
routes of travel within the immediate mining area or within spoil or coal mine
waste disposal areas.
A. Class I road means a
road that is utilized for transportation of coal.
B. Class II road means any road, other than a
Class I road, planned to be used over a six- (6-) month period or
longer.
C. Class III road means any
road, other than a Class I road, planned to be used over a period of fewer than
six (6) months;
87.
Safety factor means the ratio of the available shear strength to the developed
shear stress, or the ratio of the sum of the resisting forces to the sum of the
loading or driving forces, as determined by accepted engineering
practices;
88. Secretary of the
office means the secretary of the interior or the secretary's
representative;
89. Significant,
imminent environmental harm to land, air or water resources means an
environmental harm is-
A. An adverse impact
on land, air or water resources, which resources include, but are not limited
to, plant and animal life;
B.
Imminent, if a condition, practice or violation exists which-
(I) Is causing harm; or
(II) May reasonably be expected to cause harm
at any time before the end of the reasonable abatement time that would be set
under section 444.855.2, RSMo; and
C. Significant if that harm is appreciable
and not immediately reparable;
90. Siltation structure means a sedimentation
pond, a series of sedimentation ponds, or other treatment facility, it also
means a primary sediment control structure designed, constructed and maintained
in accordance with
10
CSR 40-3.040(6) and including, but
not limited to, barrier, dam or excavated depression which slows down water
runoff to allow sediment to settle out. A siltation structure shall not include
secondary sedimentation control structures, such as straw dikes, riprap, check
dams, mulches, dugouts and other measures that reduce overland flow velocity,
reduce runoff volume or trap sediment, to the extent that those secondary
sedimentation structures drain to the siltation structure;
91. Slope means average inclination of a
surface, measured from the horizontal, generally expressed as the ratio of a
unit of vertical distance to a given number of units of horizontal distance
(for example, 1v:5h (20%)). It may also be expressed as a percent or in
degrees;
92. Soil horizons means
contrasting layers of soil parallel or nearly parallel to the land surface.
Soil horizons are differentiated on the basis of field characteristics and
laboratory data. The four (4) master soil horizons are-
A. A horizon. The uppermost mineral layer,
often called the surface soil. It is the part of the soil in which organic
matter is most abundant and leaching of soluble or suspended particles is
typically the greatest;
B. E
horizon. The layer commonly near the surface below an A horizon and above a B
horizon. An E horizon is most commonly differentiated from an overlying A
horizon by lighter color and generally has measurably less organic matter than
the A horizon. An E horizon is most commonly differentiated from an underlying
B horizon in the same sequum by color of higher value or lower chroma, by
coarser texture, or by a combination of these properties;
C. B horizon. The layer that typically is
immediately beneath the E horizon and often called the subsoil. This middle
layer commonly contains more clay, iron or aluminum than the A, E, or C
horizon; and
D. C horizon. The
deepest layer of soil profile. It consists of loose material or weathered rock
that is relatively unaffected by biologic activity;
93. Soil survey means a field and other
investigation resulting in a map showing the geographic distribution of
different kinds of soils and an accompanying report that describes, classifies
and interprets those soils for use. Soil surveys must meet the standards of the
National Cooperative Soil Surveys incorporated by reference in
10
CSR 40-6.060(4)(C) 1.;
94. Spoil means overburden that has been
removed during surface coal mining operations;
95. Stabilize means to control movement of
soil, spoil piles or areas of disturbed earth by modifying the geometry of the
mass, or by otherwise modifying physical or chemical properties, such as by
providing a protective surface coating;
96. Steep slope means any slope of more than
twenty degrees (20°) or a lesser slope as may be designated in the permit
and plan after consideration of soil, climate and other characteristics of a
region;
97. Substantially disturb
means, for purposes of coal exploration, to significantly impact upon land, air
or water resources by blasting; removal of vegetation, topsoil or overburden;
construction of roads or other access routes; placement of excavated earth or
waste material on the natural land surface or other activities; or to remove
more than two hundred fifty (250) tons of coal;
98. Surface coal mining operations means-
A. Activities conducted on the surface of
lands in connection with a surface coal mine or surface operations and surface
impacts incident to an underground coal mine. The activities include excavation
for the purpose of obtaining coal, including common methods such as contour,
strip, auger, mountaintop removal, box cut, open pit and area mining, the uses
of explosives and blasting, and in situ distillation or
retorting, leaching or other chemical or physical processing and the cleaning,
concentrating or other processing or preparation, loading of coal for
interstate commerce at or near the minesite; provided, these activities do not
include the extraction of coal incidental to the extraction of other minerals,
where coal does not exceed sixteen and two-thirds percent (16 2/3%) of the
tonnage of minerals removed for purposes of commercial use or sale, or coal
exploration subject to section
444.845,
RSMo; and provided further that excavation for the purpose of obtaining coal
includes extraction of coal from coal refuse piles; and
B. Areas upon which the activities described
in subparagraph (1)(A)98.A. of this rule occur or where those activities
disturb the natural land surface. These areas shall also include any adjacent
land the use of which is incidental to any such activities, all lands affected
by the construction of new roads or the improvement or use of existing roads to
gain access to the site of those activities, and for haulage and excavation,
working, impoundments, dams, ventilation shafts, entryways, refuse banks,
dumps, stockpiles, overburden piles, spoil banks, culm banks, tailings, holes
or depressions, repair areas, storage areas, processing areas, shipping areas
and other areas upon which are sited structures, facilities or other property
or material on the surface, resulting from or incident to those
activities;
99. Surface
coal mining and reclamation operations means surface coal mining operations and
all activities necessary or incidental to the reclamation of these operations.
This term includes the term surface coal mining operations;
100. Surface mining activities means those
surface coal mining and reclamation operations incident to the extraction of
coal from the earth by removing the materials over a coal seam before
recovering the coal, by auger coal mining, or by recovery of coal from a
deposit that is not in its original geologic location;
101. Suspended solids or nonfilterable
residue, expressed as milligrams per liter, means organic or inorganic
materials, carried or held in suspension in water which are retained by a
standard glass fiber filter in the procedure outlined by the Environmental
Protection Agency's regulations for wastewater and analyses ( 40 CFR 136
);
102. Temporary diversion means a
diversion of a stream or overland flow which is used during coal exploration or
surface coal mining and reclamation operations and not approved in the permit
and plan to remain after reclamation as part of the approved post-mining land
use;
103. Ton means two thousand
pounds (2000 lbs.) avoirdupois (.90718 metric ton);
104. Topsoil means the A and E soil horizon
layers of the four (4) master soil horizons;
105. Toxic-forming materials means earth
materials or wastes which, if acted upon by air, water, weathering or
microbiological processes, are likely to produce chemical or physical
conditions in soils or water that are detrimental to biota or uses of
water;
106. Toxic mine drainage
means water that is discharged from active or abandoned mines or other areas
affected by coal exploration or surface coal mining and reclamation operations,
which contains a substance that through chemical action or physical effects is
likely to kill, injure or impair biota commonly present in the area that might
be exposed to it;
107. Underground
development waste means waste rock mixtures of coal, shale, claystone,
siltstone, sandstone, limestone or related materials that are excavated, moved
and disposed of during development and preparation of areas incident to
underground mining activities;
108.
Underground mining activities means a combination of-
A. Surface operations incident to underground
extraction of coal or in situ processing, such as
construction, use, maintenance and reclamation of roads, above-ground repair
areas, storage areas, processing areas, shipping areas, areas upon which are
sited support facilities including hoist and ventilating ducts, areas utilized
for the disposal and storage of waste, and areas on which materials incident to
underground mining operations are placed; and
B. Underground operations such as underground
construction, operation and reclamation of shafts, adits, underground support
facilities, in situ processing and underground mining,
hauling, storage and blasting;
109. Valley fill means a fill structure
consisting of any material other than coal waste and organic material that is
placed in a valley where side slopes of the existing valley measured at the
steepest point are greater than twenty degrees (20°) or the average slope
of the profile of the valley from the toe of the fill to the top of the fill is
greater than ten degrees (10°); and
110. Water table means the upper surface of a
zone of saturation, where the body of groundwater is not confined by an
overlying impermeable zone.
Notes
The secretary of state has determined that the publication of this rule in its entirety would be unduly cumbersome or expensive. The entire text of the rule has been filed with the secretary of state. ASTM Standard D 388-77 is incorporated by reference as it exists on February 11 , 1980. The entire text of this rule may be found at the headquarters of the agency and is available to any interested person at a cost established by state law.
*Original authority: 444.530, RSMo 1971, amended 1983, 1990, 1993, 1995 and 444.810, RSMo 1979, amended 1983, 1993, 1995.
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