Texas Administrative Code
Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION
Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS
Chapter 12 - COAL MINING REGULATIONS
Subchapter G - SURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION OPERATIONS, PERMITS, AND COAL EXPLORATION PROCEDURES SYSTEMS
Division 6 - SURFACE MINING PERMIT APPLICATIONS - MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR RECLAMATION AND OPERATION PLAN
Section 12.141 - Operation Plan: Blasting
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
Each application shall contain a blasting plan for the proposed permit area, explaining how the applicant will comply with the requirements of §§ 12.357-12.360 and 12.362 of this title (relating to Use of Explosives: General Requirements, to Use of Explosives: Pre-Blasting Survey, to Use of Explosives: Blasting Schedule, to Use of Explosives: Control of Adverse Effects, and to Use of Explosives: Records of Blasting Operations) and including the following:
(1) types and approximate amounts of explosives to be used for each type of blasting operation to be conducted;
(2) description of procedures and plans for recording and retention of information on the following during blasting:
(3) description of blasting warning and site access control equipment and procedures;
(4) description of types, capabilities, sensitivities, and locations of use of any blast monitoring equipment and procedures proposed to be used;
(5) description of plans for recording and reporting to the Commission the results of pre-blasting surveys, if required;
(6) description of unavoidable hazardous conditions for which deviations from the blasting schedule will be needed under § 12.360 of this title (relating to Use of Explosives: Control of Adverse Effects);
(7) description of limitations the applicant will meet with regard to ground vibrations and airblast, and the bases for those limitations; and
(8) description of methods to be applied in controlling the adverse effects of blasting operations.
