New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 8 - COAL MINING
Part 5 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMITS AND PERMIT APPLICATIONS
Section 19.8.5.507 - ANNUAL REPORT

Universal Citation: 19 NM Admin Code 19.8.5.507

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. By March 1 of each year, the operator shall submit to the director a report, setting out in detail the measures taken to effect reclamation of the affected area during the previous calendar year. The report must be typewritten and signed by the operator. The report must include the following information:

(1) a current topographic or orthophotographic map with 5' contour intervals. The map shall be the same scale as the mining and reclamation sequence maps found in the approved permit with 5' contour intervals. The map must be made on a single sheet, or series of sheets, each sheet of the map being no larger than 4' x 4'. The scale and all lines and symbols must be clearly described in the legend.

(2) The first annual report map under this rule shall show the following, and each subsequent map shall show all information from the immediately preceding year's map in addition to any changes in:
(a) current permit boundary.

(b) maintenance buildings, office buildings, and storage areas.

(c) petroleum and industrial chemical storage areas.

(d) surface and underground storage tanks.

(e) public roads and primary and auxiliary roads within the permit.

(f) perennial and major intermittent and ephemeral streams, lakes, springs, and other natural bodies of water.

(g) sediment ponds, other approved impoundments, and diversions (the sediment ponds should be identified by the same system used in the mine plan or modification to the mine plan).

(h) rail facilities.

(i) coal processing, storage, and loading facilities within the permit area.

(j) sewage treatment plants, fields, or ponds.

(k) coal waste disposal areas; other waste disposal areas.

(l) section corners, or grid coordinates.

(m) locations of water monitoring points (wells, stream sample point, and point source discharges) with NPDES permit number (these should correspond to identification systems used in the mine plan.

(n) topdressing stockpiles (these should correspond to mine plan system of identification).

(o) buffer zones. Any area that is required to be left undisturbed to protect pre-mine features of the landscape, or any area (disturbed or undisturbed) that is purposely established to separate different phases of the coal mining operation.

(p) all pits (named or numbered) as presented in the mine plan or modifications to the mine plan.

(q) all areas that have been reseeded (indicate initial year of seeding and last year of reseeding).

(r) areas on which grading was completed during the report year (with each individual area indicate the acreage).

(s) areas that were first disturbed during the report year (within each individual area indicate the acreage).

(t) areas governed by the following regulatory performance standards:
(i) pre 79-1

(ii) 79-1

(iii) 80-1

(u) areas currently under bond and bond release status of each area.

(3) Three copies of the annual report including maps shall be submitted.

B. The annual report shall include:

(1) a list of all permit special conditions and brief indication of the status of each, including those from the 79-1 and 80-1 permits. This requirement may be waived, in part or in full, by the director.

(2) a summary of any required wildlife and vegetation data collected during the report year.

(3) the total number of acres:
(a) initially disturbed during the report year.

(b) that will require backfilling and/or grading but that were not graded as of December 31, of the report year.

(c) that were backfilled and graded during the report year.

(d) that were topdressed during the report year.

(e) that will eventually require topdressing but that were not topdressed as of December 31, of the report year.

(f) that were seeded during the report year with permanent reclamation seed mix, and temporary stabilization seed mix that will eventually require revegetation but that were not revegetated as of December 31, of the report year.

(g) of topdressed and seeded areas that were redisturbed by mining and reclamation operations during the report year. Briefly state the reason for each case of redisturbance (operation change, violation abatement, etc.).

(h) currently under bond for each bond release status, as shown on the map.

(4) a summary and discussion of specific efforts initiated or completed to enhance, restore, or protect wildlife and wildlife habitat.

(5) a mass balance which indicates the amount of topdressing available and the amount of topdressing needed covering the term of the permit.

C. An annual report may include a brief description of modifications or revisions to be submitted to MMD for approval during the year previous to the next annual report.

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