Indiana Administrative Code
Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
Article 25 - COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION OPERATIONS
Rule 4 - Permitting Procedures
Section 4-43 - Surface mining permit applications; reclamation and operations plan; maps

Universal Citation: 312 IN Admin Code 4-43

Current through March 20, 2024

Authority: IC 14-34-2-1

Affected: IC 14-34

Sec. 43.

Each application shall contain maps and plans of the proposed permit and adjacent areas as follows:

(1) The maps and plans shall depict 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 sections 37 and 38 of this rule.

(2) The following shall be shown for the proposed permit area and adjacent area within one thousand (1,000) feet:

(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 will be posted under 312 IAC 25-5.

(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 source of waste and each disposal facility relating to coal processing or pollution control.

(H) Each facility to be used to protect and enhance fish and wildlife and related environmental values.

(I) Each explosive storage and handling facility.

(J) Location of each:
(i) siltation structure;

(ii) permanent water impoundment;

(iii) coal processing waste bank; and

(iv) coal processing waste dam and embankment; in accordance with section 49 of this rule, and fill area for the disposal of excess spoil in accordance with section 54 of this rule.

(K) Each air pollution collection and control facility if required.

(3) Maps, plans, and cross sections required under subdivision (2)(D) through (2)(F) and (2)(J) shall be prepared by, or under the direction of, and certified by a registered professional engineer or professional geologist, with necessary assistance from experts in related fields such as land surveying and landscape architecture, except that maps, plans, and cross sections for:

(A) siltation structures may only be prepared by a registered professional engineer; and

(B) spoil disposal facilities may only be prepared by a registered professional engineer.

(4) All monitoring locations used to demonstrate compliance with 312 IAC 25-6-12.5.

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