Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Agency 25 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Chapter 130 - COAL SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION REGULATIONS
Part 827 - Permanent Program Performance Standards-Coal Preparation Plants Not Located Within the Permit Area of a Mine
Section 4VAC25-130-827.12 - Coal preparation plants; performance standards
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
Construction, operation, maintenance, modification, reclamation, and removal activities at coal preparation plants shall comply with the following:
(a) Signs and markers for the coal preparation plant, coal processing waste disposal area, and water-treatment facilities shall comply with 4VAC25-130-816.11.
(b) Any stream channel diversion shall comply with 4VAC25-130-816.43.
(c) Drainage from any disturbed area related to the coal preparation plant shall comply with 4VAC25-130-816.45 through 4VAC25-130-816.47, and all discharges from these areas shall meet the requirements of 4VAC25-130-816.41 and 4VAC25-130-816.42 and any other applicable State or Federal law.
(d) Permanent impoundments associated with coal preparation plants shall meet the requirements of 4VAC25-130-816.49 and 4VAC25-130-816.56. Dams constructed of, or impounding, coal processing waste shall comply with 4VAC25-130-816.84.
(e) Disposal of coal processing waste, noncoal mine waste, and excess spoil shall comply with 4VAC25-130-816.81, 4VAC25-130-816.83, 4VAC25-130-816.84, 4VAC25-130-816.87, 4VAC25-130-816.89, and 4VAC25-130-816.71 through 4VAC25-130-816.75, respectively.
(f) Fish, wildlife, and related environmental values shall be protected in accordance with 4VAC25-130-816.97.
(g) Support facilities related to the coal preparation plant shall comply with 4VAC25-130-816.181.
(h) Roads shall comply with 4VAC25-130-816.150 through 4VAC25-130-816.152.
(i) Cessation of operations shall be in accordance with 4VAC25-130-816.131 and 4VAC25-130-816.132.
(j) Erosion and air pollution attendant to erosion shall be controlled in accordance with 4VAC25-130-816.95.
(k) Adverse effects upon, or resulting from, nearby underground coal mining activities shall be minimized by appropriate measures including, but not limited to, compliance with 4VAC25-130-816.79.
(l) Reclamation shall follow proper topsoil handling, backfilling and grading, revegetation, and postmining land use procedures in accordance with 4VAC25-130-816.22, 4VAC25-130-816.100, 4VAC25-130-816.102, 4VAC25-130-816.104, 4VAC25-130-816.106, 4VAC25-130-816.111, 4VAC25-130-816.113, 4VAC25-130-816.114, 4VAC25-130-816.116, and 4VAC25-130-816.133, respectively.
Statutory Authority
§§ 45.1-161.3 and 45.1-230 of the Code of Virginia.
