Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62C - Division of Resource Management › Chapter 62C-16 - BUREAU OF MINE RECLAMATION - MANDATORY PHOSPHATE MINE RECLAMATION › Section 62C-16.0091 - Annual Reports

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) On or before
				March 1 of each year after Department approval of its Conceptual Reclamation
				Plan, each operator shall submit to the Department an Annual Mining and
				Reclamation report describing mining and reclamation activities for the
				previous calendar year and proposed mining and reclamation activities for the
				current year for each mine under its control. If mining has not yet commenced,
				then the Annual Mining and Reclamation report need only describe the proposed
				mining and reclamation activities for the current calendar year. The report
				shall be submitted on the form incorporated by reference in Rule
				 62C-16.0095, F.A.C., and shall
				include:
(a) A written description of all
				parcels disturbed by mining operations in the previous calendar year by
				section, township, range, and county. The actual number of acres shall be given
				for each section. A written description of all sites proposed to be disturbed
				by mining operations in the current year by section, township, range, and
				county. The anticipated number of acres shall be given for each
				section.
(b) An accounting of the
				materials encountered as described in paragraph
				 62C-16.0051(2)(b),
				F.A.C., and how they were handled in the previous calendar year. An estimate of
				materials anticipated to be encountered as described in paragraph
				 62C-16.0051(2)(b),
				F.A.C., and how they are proposed to be handled during the current
				year.
(c) A description of
				reclamation and restoration activities, including the acreage completed in each
				phase, carried out during the previous year for each reclamation parcel. A
				description of reclamation and restoration activities anticipated to be
				completed in each phase during the current year.
(d) An analysis that demonstrates compliance
				with the required rate of reclamation in Rule
				 62C-16.0075, F.A.C. If the rate
				of mining in the previous year or the anticipated rate of mining in the current
				year is different from the rate in the conceptual plan, then the operator shall
				provide the revised rate in the Annual Mining and Reclamation report.
(e) A map which shows all lands disturbed by
				mining operations within the mine through the previous calendar year and land
				anticipated to be disturbed in the current year, and identified as follows,
				including acreages for each area:
1. Disturbed
				by mining operations, but not mined.
a. Prior
				to July 1, 1975.
b. From July 1 to
				December 31, 1975.
c. After 1975,
				specifying the year.
d. Proposed to
				be disturbed during the current year.
2. Mined.
a.
				Prior to July 1, 1975.
b. From July
				1 to December 31, 1975.
c. After
				1975, specifying the year.
d.
				Proposed to be mined during the current year.
(f) A map which shows all reclamation parcels
				delineated after June 30, 1975, including their current status and acreage of
				reclamation, and the location of all permitted water discharge points,
				including their identification number and the permitting agency.
(g) A map which shows all sites used or under
				construction for waste disposal, or for the current year, sites anticipated to
				be used or under construction for waste disposal, including the type of waste,
				the acreage of each site, and the beginning and ending dates for
				disposal.
(h) Actual dates when
				mining, waste disposal, and reclamation and restoration activities were
				completed in the previous calendar year shall be provided for each reclamation
				parcel. Time schedule changes that are the result of changes in the rate of
				mining.
(i) Aerial photographs of
				all disturbed and mined lands, including the area within one mile of such lands
				within the mine boundary. The photographs shall be taken after December 1, but
				as close as reasonably possible, to December 31 of the previous calendar year.
				The copies submitted to the Department shall be of acceptable quality and shall
				include the date flown, scale, and locations of section
				corners.