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 4VAC25-130-780.13 - Operation plan; blasting
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
(a) Blasting plan. Each application shall contain a blasting plan for the proposed permit area, explaining how the applicant will comply with the requirements of 4VAC25-130-816.61 through 4VAC25-130-816.68. This plan shall include, at a minimum, information setting forth the limitations the permittee will meet with regard to ground vibration and airblast, the bases for those limitations, and the methods to be applied in controlling the adverse effects of blasting operations.
(b) Monitoring system. Each application shall contain a description of any system to be used to monitor compliance with the standards of 4VAC25-130-816.67 including the type, capability, and sensitivity of any blast-monitoring equipment and proposed procedures and locations of monitoring.
(c) Blasting near underground mines. Blasting operations within 500 feet of active underground mines require approval of the State and Federal regulatory authorities concerned with the health and safety of underground miners.
Statutory Authority
§§ 45.1-161.3 and 45.1-230 of the Code of Virginia.
