Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Agency 25 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Chapter 130 - COAL SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION REGULATIONS
Part 779 - Surface Mining Permit Applications-Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources
Section 4VAC25-130-779.24 - Maps; general requirements
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
The permit application shall include maps showing-
(a) All boundaries of lands and names of present owners of record of those lands, both surface and subsurface, included in or contiguous to the permit area;
(b) The boundaries of land within the proposed permit area upon which the applicant has the legal right to enter and begin surface mining activities;
(c) The boundaries of all areas proposed to be affected over the estimated total life of the proposed surface mining activities, with a description of size, sequence, and timing of the mining of subareas for which it is anticipated that additional permits will be sought;
(d) The location of all buildings in and within 1,000 feet of the proposed permit area with identification of the current use of the buildings;
(e) The location of surface and subsurface man-made features within, passing through, or passing over the proposed permit area, including, but not limited to, major electric transmission lines, pipelines, and agricultural drainage tile fields;
(f) The location and boundaries of any proposed reference areas for determining the success of revegetation;
(g) The locations of water supply intakes for current users of surface water flowing into, out of, and within a hydrologic area defined by the division and those surface waters which will receive discharges from affected areas in the proposed permit area;
(h) Each public road located in or within 100 feet of the proposed permit area;
(i) The boundaries of any public park and locations of any cultural or historical resources listed or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and known archaeological sites within the permit and adjacent area;
(j) Each cemetery that is located in or within 100 feet of the proposed permit area;
(k) Any land within the proposed permit area which is within the boundaries of any units of the National System of Trails or the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, including study rivers designated under section 5(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; and
(l) Other relevant information required by the division.
Statutory Authority
§§ 45.1-161.3 and 45.1-230 of the Code of Virginia.