Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 24, December 23, 2024
Each application shall contain maps and plans of the proposed
permit area and adjacent areas as follows:
A. the maps and plans shall show the
underground mining activities to be conducted, if any, the lands proposed to be
affected throughout the surface coal mining operations and any change in a
facility or feature to be caused by the proposed operations, if the facility or
feature was shown under 19.8.8.812 and 813 NMAC;
B. the following shall be shown for the
proposed permit area unless specifically required for the adjacent area by the
director:
(1) buildings, utility corridors
and facilities to be used;
(2) the
area of land to be affected within the proposed permit area, according to the
sequence of mining and reclamation;
(3) each area of land for which a performance
bond or other equivalent guarantee will be posted under 19.8.14 NMAC;
(4) each coal storage, cleaning and loading
area;
(5) each topdressing, spoil,
coal waste, and non-coal waste storage area;
(6) each water diversion, collection,
conveyance, treatment, storage, and discharge facility to be used;
(7) each air pollution collection and control
facility, if any;
(8) each source
of waste and each waste disposal facility relating to coal processing or
pollution control;
(9) each
facility to be used to protect and enhance fish and wildlife and related
environmental values;
(10) each
explosive storage and handling facility;
(11) location of each sedimentation pond,
permanent water impoundment, coal processing waste bank, and coal processing
waste dam and embankment, in accordance with
19.8.9.909 NMAC, and fill area for
the disposal of excess spoil in accordance with
19.8.9.914 NMAC;
(12) each profile, at cross-sections
specified by the director of the anticipated final surface configuration to be
achieved for the affected areas;
(13) location of each water monitoring
point;
(14) location of each
facility that will remain on the proposed permit area as a permanent feature
after the completion of surface coal mining operations; and
(15) in addition to the above, underground
mines shall indicate the location of each subsidence monitoring
point.
C. Maps, plans,
and cross-sections required under Paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (10) and (11) of
Subsection B of
19.8.9.903 NMAC shall be prepared
by, or under the direction of and certified by a qualified professional
geologist or registered professional engineer, with assistance from experts in
related fields such as land surveying, reclamation or mined land
rehabilitation, except that:
(1) maps, plans
and cross-sections for sedimentation ponds may only be prepared by a qualified
registered professional engineer; and
(2) spoil disposal facilities, maps, plans,
and cross-sections may only be prepared by a qualified registered professional
engineer.
