The demonstration shall be reviewed and approved by the Department prior to a beneficial use. The Department will develop a technical guidance document to facilitate review of beneficial uses of coal ash at coal mining activities. For the beneficial use of coal ash as a soil substitute or additive, the proposed application rate and justification for the application rate shall also be included. A signed statement by the owner of the land on which the coal ash is to be placed, acknowledging and consenting to the placement of coal ash. The use of coal ash as part of the mining reclamation activity shall be designed to achieve an overall improvement in water quality or shall be designed to prevent the degradation of water quality.
Coal refuse disposal sites.
The reclamation plan of the approved permit shall address the placement of the coal ash. For coal refuse pile reprocessing sites where refuse material is presently deposited in large surface piles, the piles may not be rebuilt with coal ash. The placement of coal ash shall be accomplished in a manner which blends into the general surface configuration, and complements the surface drainage pattern of the surrounding landscape. A single operator will control a project involving the coordinated use of multiple coal refuse sites. A reclamation plan is approved for each of the sites and identifies the total cubic yards of coal ash that may be placed at each site.