Ohio Administrative Code
Title 1501:14 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Industrial Mineral
Chapter 1501:14-4 - Geological Data Report; Abandonment
Section 1501:14-4-01 - Geological data report
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) Each application for a surface mining permit shall contain a geological data report, on forms prescribed by the chief, of the results of test borings for each mining area that the operator has conducted or otherwise has readily available. The location from which the test boring results are determined shall include the complete stratigraphic column to be affected and shown on all maps. More than one test boring report may be required where necessary to adequately show the stratigraphic column in the mining area. Include the following information for each stratum to be affected:
(B) For those operations located in coal bearing regions of Ohio, each stratum to be excavated within the permit area, with the exception of topsoil, subsoil, limestone, and any other mineral to be produced, shall be designated as acid producing or nonacid producing. Strata designated as acid producing shall be handled in accordance with rule 1501:14-3-02 of the Administrative Code. Any strata designated as non-acid producing shall be analyzed by a competent commercial laboratory or its equivalent, as approved by the chief, for the pH and the calcium carbonate deficiency according to the following procedures:
If samples are not fractionated to provide analyses of only pyritic sulfur content, analyses showing total sulfur content will be presumed to indicate pyritic sulfur content;
(C) Results of tests conducted in accordance with paragraph (B) of this rule shall be submitted with the geological data report.
(D) If test borings have not been conducted or are not readily available in an area that is being or has been mined, the information required in paragraphs (A) and (B) of this rule may be determined from an existing mining face where the strata to be affected are exposed.