Section 312 IAC 25-6-146 - Coal preparation plants not within a permit area for a mine; special performance standardsAuthority: IC 14-34-2-1
Affected: IC 14-34
Sec. 146.
Construction, operation, maintenance, modification, reclamation, and removal activities under section 145 of this rule and this section shall comply with the following:
(1) Signs and markers for a coal preparation plant shall comply with section 6 of this rule.(2) Roads, transport facilities, and associated structures shall be constructed, maintained, and reclaimed in accordance with sections 65 through 68 of this rule.(3) Any stream or channel realignment shall comply with section 15 of this rule.(4) Any disturbed area related to a coal preparation plant shall have sediment control structures, in compliance with sections 16 and 17 of this rule, and all discharges from these areas must satisfy sections 12 and 13 of this rule and any other applicable Indiana or federal law.(5) Permanent impoundments associated with coal preparation plants shall satisfy sections 20 and 27 of this rule. Dams constructed of or impounding coal processing waste shall comply with sections 43 through 45 of this rule.(6) The use of water wells shall comply with section 24 of this rule, and water rights shall be protected under section 25 of this rule.(7) Disposal of coal processing waste, solid waste, and any excavated materials shall comply with sections 36 through 41, 42, and 34 of this rule, respectively.(8) Discharge structures for diversions and sediment control structures shall comply with section 18 of this rule.(9) Air pollution control measures associated with fugitive dust emissions shall comply with section 51(a) of this rule.(10) Fish, wildlife, and related environmental values shall be protected under section 46 of this rule.(11) Adverse effects upon or resulting from nearby underground coal mining activities shall be minimized by appropriate measures, including, but not limited to, compliance with sections 26, 35, and 113 of this rule.(12) Reclamation shall include proper topsoil handling procedures, revegetation, and abandonment under sections 11, 48, 50, 54 through 61, and 62 through 64 of this rule.(13) Conveyors, buildings, storage bins or stockpiles, water treatment facilities, water storage facilities, and any structure or system constituting part of a coal preparation plant shall comply with sections 5 through 69 of this rule.(14) A coal preparation plant located on prime farmland must satisfy sections 139 through 142 of this rule.Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 25-6-146; filed Jun 21, 2001, 2:53 p.m.: 24 IR 3588, eff Dec 1, 2001; errata filed Nov 20, 2001, 11:55 a.m.: 25 IR 1182; 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