Indiana Administrative Code
Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
Article 25 - COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION OPERATIONS
Rule 6 - Performance Standards
Section 6-36 - Surface mining; coal mine waste; general requirements
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 14-34-2-1
Affected: IC 14-34
Sec. 36.
(a) All coal mine waste disposed of in an area other than the mine workings or excavations shall be hauled or conveyed and placed in new or existing disposal areas within a permit area. The disposal area shall be designed, constructed, and maintained in accordance with section 34 of this rule, this section, and sections 37 through 41 of this rule.
(b) Coal mine waste materials from activities located outside a permit area, such as those activities at other mines or abandoned mine waste piles, may be disposed of in the permit area, only if approved by the director.
(c) Approval for the disposal of waste from subsection (a) or (b) shall be based on a showing by the person who conducts surface mining activities in the permit area, using hydrologic, geologic, geotechnical, physical, and chemical analyses, that disposal of such materials:
(d) Design certification requirements are as follows:
(e) Sufficient foundation investigations, as well as any necessary laboratory testing of foundation material, shall be performed in order to determine the design requirements for foundation stability. The analyses of the foundation conditions shall take into consideration the effect of underground mine workings, if any, upon the stability of the disposal facility.
(f) If any examination or inspection discloses that a potential hazard exists, the director shall be informed promptly of the finding and of the emergency procedures formulated for public protection and remedial action. If adequate procedures cannot be formulated or implemented, the director shall be notified immediately. The director shall then notify the appropriate agencies that other emergency procedures are required to protect the public.
(g) Coal mine waste may be disposed of in underground mine workings, but only in accordance with a plan approved by the director and the Mine Safety and Health Administration under section 41 of this rule.