La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XV-2709

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

Section XV-2709 - Operation Plan: Maps and Plans

A. Each application shall contain maps and plans of the proposed mine plan 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 §2535-2537

2. The following shall be shown for the proposed permit area unless specifically required for the mine plan area or 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 mine plan 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 Subpart 4;

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 §2725, and fill area for the disposal of excess spoil in accordance with §2735

3. Maps, plans and cross-sections required under §2709. A.2 d-f, j, and k shall be prepared by, or under the direction of, and certified by a qualified registered professional engineer or professional geologist, with assistance from experts in related fields such as land surveying and landscape architecture, except that maps, plans and cross-sections for sedimentation ponds and spoil disposal facilities may only be prepared by a qualified registered professional engineer.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XV-2709

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.