An application shall contain maps, plans and cross
sections of the proposed permit and adjacent areas showing the following:
(1) The maps, plans and cross sections
shall show the coal refuse disposal activities to be conducted and changes in a
facility or feature to be caused by the proposed operations.
(2) The following shall be shown for the
proposed permit area:
(i) The buildings,
utility corridors and facilities to be used.
(ii) Coal storage, cleaning and loading
areas.
(iii) The topsoil, spoil,
coal preparation waste, underground development waste and noncoal waste storage
areas.
(iv) Water diversion,
collection, conveyance, treatment, sedimentation and erosion control
facilities, storage and discharge facilities to be used.
(v) Sources of waste and waste disposal
facilities relating to coal processing or pollution control.
(vi) A facility to be used to protect and
enhance fish and wildlife related environmental values.
(vii) A surface facility for explosive
storage and handling.
(viii) The
location of each sedimentation pond, permanent water impoundment, coal
processing waste bank, coal processing waste dam and embankment and disposal
areas for underground development waste and excess spoil or coal
refuse.
(ix) The location of
monitoring points.
(x) The location
of each facility that will remain on the proposed permit area as a permanent
feature, after the completion of coal refuse disposal activities.
(xi) The final contour configuration and
elevations of coal refuse disposal areas.
(xii) A cross section through embankment,
ponds, impoundments and dams.
(xiii) The extent of active and abandoned
underground mining.
(xiv) Other
information the Department deems relevant.
(3) Maps, plans and cross sections required
by this section shall be prepared by, under the direction of and certified by a
qualified registered professional engineer or qualified registered geologist
with assistance from experts in related fields.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 90.46 adopted July 30, 1982, 12 Pa.B. 2473, effective
7/31/1982, 12 Pa.B. 2382;
amended June 15, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 3383, effective 7/27/1991, 21 Pa.B. 3316; amended December 15,
1995, effective 12/16/1995, 25
Pa.B. 5821.
The provisions of this § 90.46 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).
