N.M. Admin. Code § 19.8.9.903 - OPERATION PLAN: MAPS AND PLANS

Each application shall contain maps and plans of the proposed permit area and adjacent areas as follows:

A. the maps and plans shall show the underground mining activities to be conducted, if any, the lands proposed to be affected throughout the surface coal mining operations and any change in a facility or feature to be caused by the proposed operations, if the facility or feature was shown under 19.8.8.812 and 813 NMAC;

B. the following shall be shown for the proposed permit area unless specifically required for the adjacent area by the director:

(1) buildings, utility corridors and facilities to be used;

(2) the area of land to be affected within the proposed permit area, according to the sequence of mining and reclamation;

(3) each area of land for which a performance bond or other equivalent guarantee will be posted under 19.8.14 NMAC;

(4) each coal storage, cleaning and loading area;

(5) each topdressing, spoil, coal waste, and non-coal waste storage area;

(6) each water diversion, collection, conveyance, treatment, storage, and discharge facility to be used;

(7) each air pollution collection and control facility, if any;

(8) each source of waste and each waste disposal facility relating to coal processing or pollution control;

(9) each facility to be used to protect and enhance fish and wildlife and related environmental values;

(10) each explosive storage and handling facility;

(11) location of each sedimentation pond, permanent water impoundment, coal processing waste bank, and coal processing waste dam and embankment, in accordance with 19.8.9.909 NMAC, and fill area for the disposal of excess spoil in accordance with 19.8.9.914 NMAC;

(12) each profile, at cross-sections specified by the director of the anticipated final surface configuration to be achieved for the affected areas;

(13) location of each water monitoring point;

(14) location of each facility that will remain on the proposed permit area as a permanent feature after the completion of surface coal mining operations; and

(15) in addition to the above, underground mines shall indicate the location of each subsidence monitoring point.

C. Maps, plans, and cross-sections required under Paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (10) and (11) of Subsection B of 19.8.9.903 NMAC shall be prepared by, or under the direction of and certified by a qualified professional geologist or registered professional engineer, with assistance from experts in related fields such as land surveying, reclamation or mined land rehabilitation, except that:

(1) maps, plans and cross-sections for sedimentation ponds may only be prepared by a qualified registered professional engineer; and

(2) spoil disposal facilities, maps, plans, and cross-sections may only be prepared by a qualified registered professional engineer.

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N.M. Admin. Code § 19.8.9.903

11-29-97; 19.8.9.903 NMAC - Rn, 19 NMAC 8.2.9.903, 9-29-2000