La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XV-2703

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XV-2703 - Operation Plan: General Requirements

A. Each application shall contain a description of the mining operations proposed to be conducted during the life of the mine within the proposed mine plan area including, at a minimum, the following:

1. a narrative description of the type and method of coal mining procedures and proposed engineering techniques, anticipated annual and total production of coal, by tonnage, and the major equipment to be used for all aspects of those operations;

2. a narrative explaining the construction, modification, use, maintenance, and removal of the following facilities (unless retention of such facilities is necessary for post-mining land use as specified in §5431):

a. dams, embankments and other impoundments;

b. overburden and topsoil handling and storage areas and structures;

c. coal removal, handling, storage, cleaning, and transportation areas and structures;

d. spoil, coal processing waste, and noncoal waste removal, handling, storage, transportation, and disposal areas and structures;

e. mine facilities; and

f. water and air pollution control facilities.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XV-2703

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 5:395 (December 1979), amended LR 14:441 (July 1988), LR 20:447 (April 1994).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:901-932.