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 9 - UNDERGROUND MINING PERMIT APPLICATIONS - MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR RECLAMATION AND OPERATION PLAN
Section 12.197 - Operation Plan: Maps and Plans
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
Each application shall contain maps, plans, and cross sections of the proposed permit and adjacent areas as follows:
(1) the maps, plans and cross sections shall show the underground mining activities to be conducted, the lands to be affected throughout the operation, and any change in a facility or feature to be caused by the proposed operations, if the facility or feature was shown under § 12.182 and § 12.183 of this title (relating to Maps: General Requirements, and to Cross Sections, Maps, and Plans);
(2) the following shall be shown for the proposed permit area unless specifically required for the permit and adjacent area by the requirements of this section:
(3) except as provided in §§12.190(a)(2) and (3), 12.193(a), 12.531(b), 12.534(b)(1), and 12.535(c) of this title (relating to Reclamation Plan: Ponds, Impoundments, Banks, Dams, and Embankments, to Underground Development Waste/Return of Coal Processing Waste to Underground Workings, to Disposal of Underground Development Waste and Excess Spoil: General Requirements, to Disposal of Underground Development Waste and Excess Spoil: Durable Rock Fills, and to Coal Mine Waste Banks: General Requirements), maps, plans, and cross-sections required under paragraph (2)(D)-(F), (J), and (K) of this subsection shall be prepared by, or under the direction of, and certified by a qualified professional engineer, or qualified professional geoscientist, with assistance from experts in related fields such as land surveying and landscape architecture; and
(4) a description of and plans and drawings for each support facility to be constructed, used, or maintained within the proposed permit area. The plans and drawings shall include a map, appropriate cross sections, design drawings, and specifications sufficient to demonstrate compliance with § 12.572 of this title (relating to Support Facilities) for each facility.