Mont. Admin. R. 17.24.308 - OPERATIONS PLAN
(1) Each
application must contain a description of the operations proposed to be
conducted during the life of the mine including, at a minimum, the following:
(a) a narrative description of the type and
method of mining procedures and proposed engineering techniques, anticipated
annual and total production of mineral , by tonnage, and the major equipment to
be used for all aspects of those operations;
(b) a narrative, with appropriate cross
sections, design drawings, and other specifications sufficient to demonstrate
compliance with ARM
17.24.609 and applicable rules of
subchapter 10, explaining the construction, modification, use, maintenance, and
removal of the following facilities (unless retention of such facilities is
necessary for postmining land use as specified in ARM
17.24.762 ):
(i) dams, embankments, and other
impoundments;
(ii) overburden and
soil handling and storage areas and structures;
(iii) mineral removal, handling, storage,
cleaning, and transportation areas and structures;
(iv) spoil , waste, garbage, and other debris
removal, handling, storage, transportation, and disposal areas and
structures;
(v) other support
facilities as designated in ARM 17.24.609;
(vi) water and air pollution control
facilities;
(vii) facilities or
sites and associated access routes for environmental monitoring and data
gathering activities or for the gathering of subsurface data by trenching,
drilling, geophysical, or other techniques to determine the natures, depth, and
thickness of all known strata, overburden , and coal seams; and
(viii) any additional information the
department deems useful;
(c) a description of measures to be employed
to ensure that all debris, acid, toxic, acid-forming, and toxic-forming
materials , materials constituting a fire hazard, and otherwise undesirable
materials are properly disposed of; and
(d) a description of the contingency plans
which have been developed to extinguish a fire or sustained combustion of
materials constituting a fire hazard;
(e) a description of steps to be taken to
comply with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (
42 USC
7401, et seq.), the Clean Water Act (
33 USC
1251, et seq.), the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act ( 42 USC
6901, et seq.), and other applicable air and
water quality laws and regulations and health and safety standards, or a copy
of a valid permit issued under these laws; and
(f) a plan to prevent the establishment of,
or to control, noxious weeds on all lands within the proposed permit area until
phase IV bond release, in accordance with the Noxious Weed Management Act ,
7-22-2102 through
7-22-2153, MCA, as
amended.
Notes
82-4-204, MCA; IMP, 82-4-222, MCA;
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