Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Agency 25 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Chapter 130 - COAL SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION REGULATIONS
Part 785 - Requirements for Permits for Special Categories of Mining
Section 4VAC25-130-785.22 - In situ processing activities

Universal Citation: 4 VA Admin Code 25-130-785-22

Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024

(a) This section applies to any person who conducts or intends to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations utilizing in situ processing activities.

(b) Any application for a permit for operations covered by this section shall be made according to all requirements of this Subchapter applicable to underground mining activities. In addition, the mining and reclamation operations plan for operations involving in situ processing activities shall contain information establishing how those operations will be conducted in compliance with the requirements of Part 828, including:

(1) Delineation of proposed holes and wells and production zone for approval of the division;

(2) Specifications of drill holes and casings proposed to be used;

(3) A plan for treatment, confinement, or disposal of all acid-forming, toxic-forming or radioactive gases, solids, or liquids constituting a fire, health, safety or environmental hazard caused by the mining and recovery process; and

(4) Plans for monitoring surface and ground water and air quality as required by the division.

(c) No permit shall be issued for operations covered by this section, unless the division first finds, in writing, upon the basis of a complete application made in accordance with Paragraph (b) of this section, that the operation will be conducted in compliance with all requirements of this Subchapter relating to underground mining activities, and Parts 817 and 828.

Statutory Authority

§§ 45.1-161.3 and 45.1-230 of the Code of Virginia.

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