Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Agency 25 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Chapter 130 - COAL SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION REGULATIONS
Part 780 - Surface Mining Permit Applications-Minimum Requirements for Reclamation and Operation Plan
Section 4VAC25-130-780.11 - Operation plan; general requirements
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
Each application shall contain a description of the mining operations proposed to be conducted during the life of the mine within the proposed permit area, including, at a minimum, the following:
(a) A narrative description of the type and method of coal mining procedures and proposed engineering techniques, anticipated annual and total production of coal, by tonnage, and the major equipment to be used for all aspects of those operations; and
(b) A narrative explaining the construction, modification, use, maintenance, and removal of the following facilities (unless retention of such facilities is necessary for postmining land use as specified in 4VAC25-130-816.133):
Statutory Authority
§§ 45.1-161.3 and 45.1-230 of the Code of Virginia.
