Indiana Administrative Code
Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
Article 25 - COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION OPERATIONS
Rule 4 - Permitting Procedures
Section 4-42 - Surface mining permit applications; blasting plans; monitoring system
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 14-34-2-1
Affected: IC 14-34
Sec. 42.
(a) Each application shall contain a blasting plan for the proposed permit area. The blasting plan shall include the following:
(b) Each application shall contain a description of any system to be used to monitor compliance with the standards of 312 IAC 25-6-32. The description shall include the types, capabilities, sensitivities, and proposed locations of all blast monitoring equipment proposed to be used.
(c) Blasting operations proposed to be conducted within five hundred (500) feet measured horizontally of an active underground mine must be jointly approved by the director, the Indiana bureau of mines and mining, and the Mine Safety and Health Administration.