Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
(a) The maps, plans and cross
sections shall show the land proposed to be affected throughout the operation,
the underground mining activities to be conducted, and any change in a facility
or feature to be caused by the proposed operations, if the facility or feature
was shown under 4VAC25-130-783.24 and 4VAC25-130-783.25.
(b) The following shall be shown for the
proposed permit area:
(1) Buildings, utility
corridors and facilities to be used;
(2) The area of land to be affected within
the proposed permit area, according to the sequence of mining and
reclamation;
(3) Each area of land
for which a performance bond or other equivalent guarantee will be posted under
Subchapter VJ;
(4) Each coal
storage, cleaning and loading area;
(5) Each topsoil, spoil, coal preparation
waste, underground development waste, and noncoal waste storage area;
(6) Each water diversion, collection,
conveyance, treatment, storage, and discharge facility to be used;
(7) Each source of waste and each waste
disposal facility relating to coal processing or pollution control;
(8) Each facility to be used to protect and
enhance fish and wildlife and related environmental values;
(9) Each explosive storage and handling
facility;
(10) Location of each
sedimentation pond, permanent water impoundment, coal processing waste bank,
and coal processing waste dam and embankment, in accordance with
4VAC25-130-784.16 and disposal areas for underground development waste and
excess spoil, in accordance with 4VAC25-130-784.19;
(11) Each profile, at cross sections
specified by the division, of the anticipated final surface configuration to be
achieved for the affected areas;
(12) Location of each water and subsidence
monitoring point; and
(13) Location
of each facility that will remain on the proposed permit area as a permanent
feature, after the completion of underground mining activities.
(c) Maps, plans, and cross
sections required under paragraphs (b) (4), (5), (6), (10), and (11) of 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, except that-
(1) Maps, plans, and cross sections for
sedimentation ponds may only be prepared by a qualified registered professional
engineer and;
(2) Excess spoil and
underground development waste facilities maps, plans, and cross sections may
only be prepared by a qualified registered professional engineer.
§§ 45.1-161.3 and 45.1-230 of the Code of
Virginia.
