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 lands 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 §12.182 and §12.183 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 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 sedimentation pond, permanent
water impoundment, coal mine waste bank, and coal mine waste dam and
embankment, in accordance with §12.190 of this title (relating
to Reclamation Plan: Ponds, Impoundments, Banks, Dams, and Embankments)
and disposal areas for underground development waste and excess spoil
in accordance with §12.193 of this title (relating to Underground
Development Waste/Return of Coal Processing Waste to Underground Workings);
(K) each profile, at cross sections specified by the
Commission of the anticipated final surface configuration to be achieved
for the affected areas;
(L) location of each water and subsidence monitoring
point; and
(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) except as provided in §§12.190(a)(2)
and (3), 12.193(a), 12.531(b), 12.534(b)(1), and 12.535(c) of this
title (relating to Reclamation Plan: Ponds, Impoundments, Banks, Dams,
and Embankments, to Underground Development Waste/Return of Coal Processing
Waste to Underground Workings, to Disposal of Underground Development
Waste and Excess Spoil: General Requirements, to Disposal of Underground
Development Waste and Excess Spoil: Durable Rock Fills, and to Coal
Mine Waste Banks: General Requirements), maps, plans, and cross-sections
required under paragraph (2)(D)-(F), (J), and (K) of this subsection
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; and
(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 §12.572 of this title (relating
to Support Facilities) for each facility.
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