Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Division 40 - Missouri Mining Commission › Chapter 4 - Permanent Performance Requirements for Special Mining Activities › Section 10 CSR 40-4.050 - Requirements for Coal

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Processing Plants and Support Facilities Not Located at
				  or Near the Mine Site or Not Within the Permit Area for a Mine
PURPOSE: This rule sets forth requirements for coal
				  processing plants and support facilities not located at or near the mine site
				  or not within the permit area for a mine, pursuant to section
				  444.810,
				  RSMo.
(1) Applicability. Each
				person who conducts surface coal mining and reclamation operations, which
				includes the operation of a coal processing plant or support facility which is
				not located within the permit area for a specific mine, shall obtain a permit
				to conduct those operations and comply with this rule.
(2) Signs and markers for the coal processing
				plant, coal processing waste disposal area and water treatment facilities shall
				comply with
				10 CSR
				40-3.010.
(3) Roads, transport and associated
				structures shall be constructed, maintained and reclaimed in accordance with
				10 CSR
				40-3.140(1)-(22).
(4) Any stream or channel realignment shall
				comply with
				10
				CSR 40-3.040(4).
(5) If required in the permit and plan, any
				disturbed area related to the coal processing plant or associated facilities
				shall have sediment control structures, in compliance with
				10
				CSR 40-3.040(5) and (6), and all
				discharges from these areas shall meet the requirements of
				10
				CSR 40-3.040(1) and (2) and any other
				applicable state or federal law.
(6) Permanent impoundments associated with
				coal processing plants shall meet the requirements of
				10
				CSR 40-3.040(9) and (16). Dams
				constructed of or impounding coal processing waste shall comply with
				10
				CSR 40-3.080(9)-(11).
(7) Use of water wells shall comply with
				10
				CSR 40-3.040(13) and water rights
				shall be protected in accordance with
				10
				CSR 40-3.040(14).
(8) Disposal of coal processing waste, solid
				waste and any excavated materials shall comply with
				10
				CSR 40-3.080(1), (7) and (8) and
				10 CSR
				40-3.060(1)-(4),
				respectively.
(9) Discharge
				structures for diversions and sediment control structures shall comply with
				10
				CSR 40-3.040(7).
(10) Air pollution control measures
				associated with fugitive dust emissions shall comply with
				10 CSR
				40-3.090.
(11) Fish, wildlife and related environmental
				values shall be protected in accordance with10
				CSR 40-3.100(1)-(7).
(12) Slide areas and other surface areas
				shall comply with
				10
				CSR 40-3.100(8).
(13) Adverse effects upon or resulting from
				nearby underground coal mining activities shall be minimized by appropriate
				measures including, but not limited to, compliance with
				10
				CSR 40-3.040(15) and 10 CSR
				403.070.
(14) Reclamation shall
				include proper top-soil handling procedures, revegetation and abandonment in
				accordance with
				10 CSR
				40-3.060(16),
				10 CSR
				40-3.110(1)-(6),
				10 CSR
				40-3.120(1)-(7),
				10 CSR
				40-3.130 and
				10 CSR
				40-3.150(2)-(4).
(15) Conveyors, buildings, storage bins or
				stockpiles, water treatment facilities, water storage facilities and any
				structures or system related to the coal processing plant shall comply with 10
				CSR 40-3.
(16) Any coal processing
				plant or associated structures located on prime farmland shall meet the
				requirements of
				10 CSR
				40-4.030.
*Original authority: 444.530, RSMo 1971, amended 1983,
					 1990, 1993, 1995.