North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-05.2 - Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations › Chapter 69-05.2-09 - Permit Applications - Permit Area - Requirements for Operation and Reclamation Plans › Section 69-05.2-09-02 - Permit applications - Operation plans - Maps and plans

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Each application must contain an appropriate combination of
				  1:4,800 scale topographic maps, planimetric maps, and plans of the proposed
				  permit and adjacent areas showing:
1.
				Scale, date, permit boundaries, company name, legal subdivision boundaries, and
				legend.
2. Lands to be affected
				throughout the operation and any change in a facility or feature caused by the
				operations, if the existing facility or feature was shown under chapter
				69-05.2-08.
3. The boundaries of
				areas to be affected during the permit term according to the sequence of mining
				and reclamation operations and a description of size and timing of operations
				for each coal or commercial leonardite removal subarea.
4. Pit layout and proposed sequence of mining
				operations, crop line, spoil placement areas, final graded spoil line, highwall
				areas to be backsloped, and areas for stockpiling suitable plant growth
				material or other suitable strata.
5. Location of proposed surface water
				management structures and identification of permanent water impoundments or
				stream channel alignments.
6.
				Location of coal or commercial leonardite processing waste dams and embankments
				under section
				69-05.2-09-09, and fill areas for
				the disposal of initial cut and other excess spoil under section
				69-05.2-09-14 and North Dakota
				Century Code section
				38-14.1-24.
7. Buildings, utility corridors, proposed and
				existing haul roads, mine railways, and other support facilities.
8. Each coal or commercial leonardite
				storage, cleaning and loading area, and each coal or commercial leonardite
				waste and noncoal waste storage area. For noncoal wastes that will be disposed
				of in the proposed permit area, the applicant must provide a description of any
				wastes listed under subdivision i of subsection 2 of section
				33-20-02.1-01 and any other wastes
				requiring a permit from the state department of health. The location of any
				such disposal areas must be shown on a map of the permit area.
9. Each explosive storage and handling
				facility.
10. Each air pollution
				collection and control facility.
11. Each habitat area to be used to protect
				and enhance fish and wildlife and related environmental values.
12. Each source of waste and each waste
				disposal facility relating to coal or commercial leonardite processing or
				pollution control.
13. Each bond
				area, scheduled according to the proposed sequence of operations. Include the
				bond or guarantee amount for each area.
14. If an applicant proposes to remine or
				otherwise disturb lands that were affected by coal or commercial leonardite
				mining activities prior to January 1, 1970:
a. Detailed maps and other available
				information that clearly depicts the boundaries of the site that was previously
				affected by mining activities before January 1, 1970. This includes the
				identification of any sinkholes and other features that are the result of any
				past underground coal or commercial leonardite mining activities.
b. The applicant must identify and describe
				potential environmental and safety problems related to prior mining activity at
				the site and those that could be reasonably anticipated to occur. This
				identification must be based on a due diligence investigation which includes
				visual observations at the site, a record review of past mining at the site,
				and any necessary environmental sampling tailored to the current condition of
				the site.
c. With regard to
				potential environmental and safety problems referred to in subdivision b, a
				description of the mitigative measures that will be taken to ensure that the
				applicable reclamation requirements can be met.
Maps and plans required under subsections 5, 6, and 12 must
				  be prepared by, or under the direction of, and certified by a qualified
				  registered professional engineer, a qualified registered land surveyor, or
				  qualified professional geologist with assistance from experts in related
				  fields. However, maps, plans, and cross sections submitted according to section
				  69-05.2-09-09 may only be prepared
				  by, or under the direction of, and certified by a qualified registered
				  professional engineer or qualified registered land surveyor.