Section 312 IAC 25-4-93 - Underground mining permit applications; reclamation plan; mapsAuthority: IC 14-34-2-1
Affected: IC 14-34
Sec. 93.
Each application shall contain maps, plans, and cross sections of the proposed permit and adjacent areas as follows:
(1) The maps, plans, and cross sections shall show the underground mining activities to be conducted, the land to be affected throughout the operations, and any change in a facility or feature to be caused by the proposed operations if the facility or feature was shown under sections 78 and 79 of this rule.(2) The following shall be shown for the proposed permit area: (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 will be posted under 312 IAC 25-5.(D) Each coal storage, cleaning, and loading area.(E) Each topsoil, spoil, coal preparation waste, underground development waste, and noncoal waste storage area.(F) Each water diversion, collection, conveyance, treatment, storage, and discharge facility to be used.(G) Each source of waste and each waste disposal facility relating to coal processing or pollution control. (H) Each facility to be used to protect and enhance fish and wildlife related environmental values.(I) Each explosive storage and handling facility.(J) Location of each: (ii) permanent water impoundment;(iii) coal processing waste bank; and(iv) coal processing waste dam and embankment; in accordance with section 87 of this rule and disposal areas for underground development waste and excess spoil in accordance with section 90 of this rule. (K) Each profile, at cross sections specified by the director, of the anticipated final surface configuration to be achieved for the affected areas.(L) Location of each water and subsidence monitoring point.(M) Location of each facility that will remain on the proposed permit area as a permanent feature after the completion of underground mining activities.(3) Maps, plans, and cross sections required under subdivision (2)(D) through (2)(F) and 2(I) through (2)(K) shall be prepared by, or under the direction of, and certified by a professional engineer or professional geologist, with necessary assistance from experts in related fields such as land surveying and landscape architecture, except that maps, plans, and cross sections of: (A) siltation structures may only be prepared by a registered engineer; and(B) excess spoil and underground development waste facilities may only be prepared by a registered professional engineer.(4) All monitoring locations used to demonstrate compliance with 312 IAC 25-6-76.5.Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 25-4-93; filed Jun 21, 2001, 2:53 p.m.: 24 IR 3476, eff Dec 1, 2001; filed Jul 29, 2003, 3:45 p.m.: 26 IR 3863, eff Feb 1, 2004; readopted filed May 29, 2007, 9:51 a.m.: 20070613-IR-312070146RFA; readopted filed Sep 19, 2013, 10:12 a.m.: 20131016-IR-312130125RFAReadopted filed 3/26/2019, 3:40 p.m.: 20190424-IR-312190011RFA