16 Tex. Admin. Code § 12.142 - Operation Plan: Maps and Plans
Each application shall contain maps and plans of the proposed permit and adjacent areas as follows:
(1) The maps and plans shall show the lands
proposed to be affected throughout the operation and any change in a facility
or feature to be caused by the proposed operations, if the facility or feature
was shown under §§
12.136 and
12.137 of this title (relating to
Maps: General Requirements, and to Cross Sections, Maps, and Plans).
(2) The following shall be shown for the
proposed permit area unless specifically required for the permit and adjacent
area by the requirements of this section:
(A)
buildings, utility corridors and facilities to be used;
(B) the area of land to be affected within
the proposed permit area, according to the sequence of mining and
reclamation;
(C) each area of land
for which a performance bond or other equivalent guarantee will be posted under
Subchapter J of this chapter (relating to Bond and Insurance Requirements for
Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations);
(D) each coal storage, cleaning and loading
area;
(E) each topsoil, spoil, coal
waste, and noncoal waste storage area;
(F) each water diversion, collection,
conveyance, treatment, storage, and discharge facility to be used;
(G) each air-pollution collection and control
facility;
(H) each source of waste
and each waste-disposal facility relating to coal processing or pollution
control;
(I) each facility to be
used to protect and enhance fish and wildlife and related environmental
values;
(J) each explosive
storage-and-handling facility; and
(K) location of each sedimentation pond,
permanent water impoundment, coal processing waste bank, and coal processing
waste dam and embankment, in accordance with §
12.148 of this title (relating to
Reclamation Plan: Ponds, Impoundments, Banks, Dams, and Embankments), and fill
area for the disposal of excess spoil in accordance with §
12.153 of this title (relating to
Disposal of Excess Spoil).
(3) Except as provided in §
12.148(a)(2) and
(3) of this title, §
12.153(a) of
this title (relating to Disposal of Excess Spoil), §
12.363(b) of
this title (relating to Disposal of Excess Spoil: General Requirements), §
12.366(b)(1) of
this title (relating to Disposal of Excess Spoil: Durable Rock Fills), and
§
12.368(c) of
this title (relating to Coal Processing Waste Banks: General Requirements),
maps, plans, and cross-sections required under paragraph (2)(D), (E), (F), (J),
and (K) of this section shall be prepared by, or under the direction of, and
certified by a qualified professional engineer, or qualified professional
geoscientist, with assistance from experts in related fields such as land
surveying and landscape architecture.
(4) A description of and plans and drawings
for each support facility to be constructed, used, or maintained within the
proposed permit area. The plans and drawings shall include a map, appropriate
cross sections, design drawings, and specifications sufficient to demonstrate
compliance with §
12.403 of this title (relating to
Support Facilities) for each facility.
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