The application shall contain a description of the
premining or baseline groundwater hydrology of the proposed permit and adjacent
area, including the following:
(1) The
results of a groundwater inventory of existing wells, springs and other
valuable groundwater resources, providing information on location, quality,
quantity, depth to water and usage of the groundwater for the proposed permit
and potentially impacted offsite areas. Information on water availability and
occurrence, and alternate water supplies shall be emphasized and water quality
information relating to suitability for existing predisposal use shall be
provided. At a minimum, water quality descriptions shall include total
dissolved solids or specific conductance corrected to 25°C, pH, total iron,
total manganese, alkalinity, acidity and sulfates.
(2) Other information on the baseline
hydrogeologic properties of the groundwater system shall be included with the
application. The Department may require information on indicator parameters
such as pumping test, lithologic and piezometer data or that other appropriate
information be provided. The application shall include a description of the
groundwater flow system as it relates to the design and operation of the
proposed groundwater and surface water protection system as described in §
90.50 (relating to design
criteria: groundwater and surface water protection
system).
Notes
The
provisions of this § 90.13 adopted December 19, 1980, 10 Pa.B. 4789,
effective 7/31/1982, 12 Pa.B.
2382; amended July 30, 1982, 12 Pa.B. 2473, effective
7/31/1982, 12 Pa.B. 2382;
amended December 15, 1995, effective 12/16/1995, 25 Pa.B. 5821; amended July 13,
2001, effective 7/14/2001, 31
Pa.B. 3735.
The provisions of this § 90.13 amended under the
Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§
1396.1-1396.19a); The Clean Streams
Law (35 P. S. §§
691.1-691.1001); and section 1920-A
of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
510-20).
