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 4VAC25-130-779.25 - Cross sections, maps and plans
Universal Citation: 4 VA Admin Code 25-130-779-25
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
(a) The application shall include cross sections, maps, and plans showing-
(1)
Elevations and locations of test borings and core samplings;
(2) Elevations and locations of monitoring
stations used to gather data for water quality and quantity and fish and
wildlife in preparation of the application;
(3) Nature, depth, and thickness of the coal
seam to be mined, any coal or rider seams above the seam to be mined, each
stratum of the overburden, and the stratum immediately below the lowest coal
seam to be mined;
(4) All coal crop
lines and the strike and dip of the coal to be mined within the proposed permit
area;
(5) Location and extent of
known workings of active, inactive, or abandoned underground mines, including
mine openings to the surface within the proposed permit and adjacent
area;
(6) Location and extent of
subsurface water, if encountered, within the proposed permit and adjacent
area;
(7) Location of surface water
bodies, such as streams, lakes, ponds, springs, constructed or natural drains,
and irrigation ditches within the proposed permit and adjacent areas;
(8) Location and extent of existing or
previously surface-mined areas within the proposed permit area;
(9) Location and dimensions of existing areas
of spoil, waste, and noncoal waste disposal, dams, embankments, other
impoundments, and water treatment facilities within the proposed permit area;
and
(10) Location and depth, if
available, of gas and oil wells within the proposed permit area and water wells
in the permit area and adjacent area.
(b) Maps, plans, and cross sections included in a permit application which are required by this section shall be prepared by, or under the direction of, and certified by a qualified registered professional engineer or certified professional geologist with assistance from experts in related fields, such as land surveying and landscape architecture and shall be updated as required by the division.
Statutory Authority
§§ 45.1-161.3 and 45.1-230 of the Code of Virginia.
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