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Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 27 - Surface Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation and Operation Plans › Section 460:20-27-12 - Geologic information

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(a)
General.
Each application shall include geologic information in
				sufficient detail to assist in determining:
(1) The probable hydrologic consequences of
				the operation upon the quality and quantity of surface and ground water in the
				permit and adjacent areas, including the extent to which surface- and
				ground-water monitoring is necessary;
(2) All potentially acid- or toxic-forming
				strata down to and including the stratum immediately below the lowest coal seam
				to be mined; and
(3) Whether
				reclamation as required by this Chapter can be accomplished and whether the
				proposed operation has been designed to prevent material damage to the
				hydrologic balance outside the permit area.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 27 - Surface Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation and Operation Plans › Section 460:20-27-13 - Reclamation plan: postmining land uses

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(a) Each plan shall contain a detailed
				description of the proposed use, following reclamation, of the land within the
				proposed permit area including a discussion of the utility and capacity of the
				reclaimed land to support a variety of alternative uses, and the relationship
				of the proposed use to existing land use policies and plans. This description
				shall explain:
(1) How the proposed postmining
				land use is to be achieved and the necessary support activities which may be
				needed to achieve the proposed land use;
(2) Where range or grazing is the proposed
				postmining use, the detailed management plans to be implemented;
(3) Where a land use different from the
				premining land use is proposed, all materials needed for approval of the
				alternative use under Section
				460:20-43-51
				of this Chapter; and
(4) The
				consideration which has been given to making all of the proposed surface mining
				activities consistent with surface owner plans and applicable State and local
				land use plans and programs.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 27 - Surface Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation and Operation Plans › Section 460:20-27-14 - Reclamation plan: siltation structures, impoundments, banks, dams, and embankments

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(a)
General.
Each application shall include a general plan for each
				proposed siltation structure, water impoundment, and coal processing waste
				bank, dam, or embankment within the proposed permit area.
(1) Each general plan shall:
(A) Be prepared by, or under the direction
				of, and certified by a qualified, registered, professional engineer, with
				assistance from experts in related fields such as landscape
				architecture;
(B) Contain a
				description map, and cross section of the structure and its location;
(C) Contain preliminary hydrologic and
				geologic information required to assess the hydrologic impact of the
				structure;
(D) Contain a survey
				describing the potential effect on the structure from subsidence of the
				subsurface strata resulting from past underground mining operations if
				underground mining has occurred; and
(E) Contain a certification statement which
				includes a schedule setting forth the dates that any detailed design plans for
				structures that are not submitted with the general plan will be submitted to
				the Department. The Department shall have approved, in writing, the detailed
				design plan for a structure before construction of the structure
				begins.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 27 - Surface Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation and Operation Plans › Section 460:20-27-15 - Reclamation plan: surface mining near underground mining

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For surface mining activities within the proposed permit area
				  to be conducted within 500 feet of an underground mine, the application shall
				  describe the measures to be used to comply with Section
				  460:20-43-28
				  of this Chapter.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 27 - Surface Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation and Operation Plans › Section 460:20-27-16 - Diversions

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Each application shall contain descriptions, including maps
				  and cross sections, of stream-channel diversions and other diversions to be
				  constructed within the proposed permit area to achieve compliance with Section
				  460:20-43-10 of this
				  Chapter.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 27 - Surface Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation and Operation Plans › Section 460:20-27-17 - Protection of public parks and historic places

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(a) For any publicly owned parks or any
				places listed on the National Register of Historic Places that may be adversely
				affected by the proposed operation, each plan shall describe the measures to be
				used
(1) To prevent adverse impacts,
				or
(2) If valid existing rights
				exist or joint agency approval is to be obtained under Section
				460:20-7-5(f)
				of this Chapter, to minimize adverse impacts.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 27 - Surface Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation and Operation Plans › Section 460:20-27-18 - Relocation or use of public roads

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Each application shall describe, with appropriate maps and
				  cross sections, the measures to be used to ensure that the interests of the
				  public and landowners affected are protected if, under Section
				  460:20-7-5(d)
				  of this Chapter, the applicant seeks to have the Department approve:
(1) Conducting the proposed surface mining
				activities within 100 feet of the right-of-way line of any public road, except
				where mine access or haul roads join that right-of-way; or
(2) Relocating a public road.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 27 - Surface Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation and Operation Plans › Section 460:20-27-19 - Disposal of excess spoil

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(a)
				Each application shall contain descriptions, including appropriate maps and
				cross-section drawings, of the proposed disposal site and design of the
				spoil-disposal structures according to Sections
				460:20-43-24
				through
				460:20-43-27
				of this Chapter. These plans shall describe the geotechnical investigation,
				design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal, if appropriate, of
				the site and structures.
(b) Each
				application shall contain the results of a geotechnical investigation of the
				proposed disposal site, including the following:
(1) The character of bedrock and any adverse
				geologic conditions in the disposal area,
(2) A survey identifying all springs,
				seepage, and ground- water flow observed or anticipated during wet periods in
				the area of the disposal site;
(3)
				A survey of the potential effects of subsidence of the subsurface strata due to
				past and future mining operations;
(4) A technical description of the rock
				materials to be utilized in the construction of those disposal structures
				containing rock chimney cores or underlain by a rock drainage blanket;
				and
(5) A stability analysis
				including, but not limited to, strength parameters, pore pressures and
				long-term seepage conditions. These data shall be accompanied by a description
				of all engineering design assumptions and calculations and the alternatives
				considered in selecting the specific design specifications and
				methods.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 27 - Surface Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation and Operation Plans › Section 460:20-27-20 - Road systems

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(a)
Plans and drawings.
Each applicant for a surface coal mining and
				reclamation permit shall submit plans and drawings for each road as defined in
				Section
				460:20-3-5 of this
				Chapter to be constructed, used, or maintained within the proposed permit area.
				The plans and drawings shall-
(1) Include a
				map, appropriate cross sections, design drawings and specifications for road
				widths, gradients, surfacing materials, cuts, fill embankments, culverts,
				bridges, drainage ditches, low-water crossings, and drainage
				structures;
(2) Contain the
				drawings and specifications for each proposed road that is located in the
				channel of an intermittent or perennial stream, as necessary for approval of
				the road by the Department in accordance with Section
				460:20-43-52(d)(1)
				of this Chapter.
(3) Contain the
				drawings and specifications for each proposed ford of perennial or intermittent
				streams that is used as a temporary route, as necessary for approval of the
				ford by the Department in accordance with Section
				460:20-43-53(c)(2)
				of this Chapter.
(4) Contain a
				description of measures to be taken to obtain approval for the Department for
				alteration or relocation of a natural stream channel under Section
				460:20-43-53(d)(5)
				of this Chapter.
(5) Contain the
				drawings and specifications for each low-water crossing of perennial or
				intermittent stream channels so that the Department can maximize the protection
				of the stream in accordance with Section
				460:20-43-53(d)(6)
				of this Chapter; and
(6) Describe
				the plans to remove and reclaim each road that would not be retained under an
				approved postmining land use, and the schedule for the removal and
				reclamation.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 27 - Surface Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation and Operation Plans › Section 460:20-27-21 - Support facilities

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Each applicant for a surface coal mining and reclamation
				  permit shall submit a description, plans, and drawings for each support
				  facility to be constructed, used, or maintained within the proposed permit
				  area. The plans and drawings shall include a map, appropriate cross sections,
				  design drawings, and specifications sufficient to demonstrate compliance with
				  Section
				  460:20-43-55
				  of this Chapter for each facility.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 29 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources › Section 460:20-29-1 - Scope

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This Subchapter establishes the minimum requirements for the
				  Secretary's approval of regulatory program provisions for the environmental
				  resources contents of applications for permits for underground mining
				  activities.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 29 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources › Section 460:20-29-2 - Objectives

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The objectives of this Subchapter are to ensure that each
				  application provides to the Department a complete and accurate description of
				  the environmental resources that may be impacted or affected by proposed
				  underground mining activities.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 29 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources › Section 460:20-29-3 - Responsibilities

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(a) It is the
				responsibility of the applicant to provide, except where specifically exempted
				in this Subchapter, all information required by this Subchapter in the
				application.
(b) It is the
				responsibility of State and Federal Government agencies to provide information
				for applications as specifically required by this Subchapter.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 29 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources › Section 460:20-29-4 - General requirements

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Each permit application shall include a description of the
				  existing, premining environmental resources within the proposed permit area and
				  adjacent areas that may be affected or impacted by the proposed underground
				  mining activities.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 29 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources › Section 460:20-29-5 - General environmental resources information

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Each application shall describe and identify:
(1) The lands subject to surface coal mining
				operations over the estimated life of those operations and the size, sequence,
				and timing of the subareas for which it is anticipated that individual permits
				for mining will be sought; and
(2)
				The nature of cultural historic and archeological resources listed or eligible
				for listing on the National Register of Historic Places and known archeological
				sites within the proposed permit and adjacent areas.
(A) The description shall be based on all
				available information, including, but not limited to, information from the
				State Historic Preservation Officer and local archeological, historical, and
				cultural preservation groups.
(B)
				The Department may require the applicant to identify and evaluate important
				historic and archeological resources that may be eligible for listing on the
				National Register of Historic Places, through the
(i) Collection of additional
				information,
(ii) Conduct of field
				investigations, or
(iii) Other
				appropriate analyses.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 29 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources › Section 460:20-29-6 - Climatological information

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(a) When
				requested by the Department, the application shall contain a statement of the
				climatological factors that are representative of the proposed permit area,
				including:
(1) The average seasonal
				precipitation;
(2) The average
				direction and velocity of prevailing winds; and
(3) Seasonal temperature ranges.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 29 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources › Section 460:20-29-7 - Vegetation information

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(a) The
				permit application shall, if required by the Department, contain a map that
				delineates existing vegetative types and a description of the plant communities
				within the area affected by surface operations and facilities and within any
				proposed reference area. This description shall include information adequate to
				predict the potential for reestablishing vegetation.
(b) When a map or aerial photograph is
				required, sufficient adjacent areas shall be included to allow evaluation of
				vegetation as important habitat for fish and wildlife for those species of fish
				and wildlife identified under Section
				460:20-31-14
				of this Chapter.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 29 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources › Section 460:20-29-8 - Soil resources information

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(a) The applicant shall provide adequate soil
				survey information on those portions of the permit area determined to be prime
				farmland to be affected by surface operations or facilities consisting of the
				following:
(1) A map delineating different
				soils;
(2) Soil
				identification;
(3) Soil
				description; and
(4) Present and
				potential productivity of existing soils.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 29 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources › Section 460:20-29-9 - Land-use information

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(a) The
				application shall contain a statement of the condition, capability, and
				productivity of the land which will be affected by surface operations and
				facilities within the proposed permit area, including:
(1) A map and supporting narrative of the
				uses of the land existing at the time of the filing of the application. If the
				premining use of the land was changed within 5 years before the anticipated
				date of beginning the proposed operations, the historic use of the land shall
				also be described.
(2) A narrative
				of land capability and productivity which analyzes the land-use description
				under Subsection (a) of this Section in conjunction with other environmental
				resources information required under this Subchapter. The narrative shall
				provide analyses of:
(A) The capability of the
				land before any mining to support a variety of uses, giving consideration to
				soil and foundation characteristics, topography, vegetative cover, and the
				hydrology of the area proposed to be affected by surface operations or
				facilities; and
(B) The
				productivity of the area proposed to be affected by surface operations and
				facilities before mining, expressed as average yield of food, fiber, forage, or
				wood products from such lands obtained under high levels of management. The
				productivity shall be determined by yield data or estimates for similar sites
				based on current data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, State
				agricultural universities, or appropriate State natural resources or
				agricultural agencies.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 29 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources › Section 460:20-29-10 - Maps: general requirements

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The permit application shall include maps showing:
(1) All boundaries of lands and names of
				present owners of record of those lands, both surface and subsurface, included
				in or contiguous to the permit area;
(2) The boundaries of land within the
				proposed permit area upon which the applicant has the legal right to enter and
				begin underground mining activities;
(3) The boundaries of all areas proposed to
				be affected over the estimated total life of the underground mining activities,
				with a description of size, sequence, and timing of the mining of subareas for
				which it is anticipated that additional permits will be sought;
(4) The location of all buildings in and
				within 1,000 feet of the proposed permit area, with identification of the
				current use of the buildings (including GPS coordinates for each building);
(5) The location of surface and
				subsurface manmade features within, passing through, or passing over the
				proposed permit area, including, but not limited to, major electric
				transmission lines, pipelines, and agricultural drainage tile fields;
(6) The location and boundaries of any
				proposed reference areas for determining the success of revegetation;
(7) The locations of water-supply intakes for
				current users of surface waters flowing into, out of, and within a hydrologic
				area defined by the Department, and those surface waters which will receive
				discharges from affected areas in the proposed permit area;
(8) Each public road located in or within 100
				feet of the proposed permit area;
(9) The boundaries of any public park and
				locations of any cultural and historical resources listed or eligible for
				listing in the National Register of Historic Places and known archeological
				sites within the permit or adjacent areas;
(10) Each cemetery that is located in or
				within 100 feet of the proposed permit area.
(11) Any land within the proposed permit area
				which is within the boundaries of any units of the National System of Trails or
				the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, including study rivers designated under
				Section 5(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; and
(12) Other relevant information required by
				the Department.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 29 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources › Section 460:20-29-11 - Cross sections, maps, and plans

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(a) The application shall include cross
				sections, maps, and plans showing:
(1)
				Elevations and locations of test borings and core samplings;
(2) Elevations and locations of monitoring
				stations used to gather data for water quality and quantity, fish and wildlife,
				and air quality, if required, in preparation of the application;
(3) Nature, depth, and thickness of the coal
				seams to be mined, any coal or rider seams above the seam to be mined, each
				stratum of the over burden, and the stratum immediately below the lowest coal
				seam to be mined;
(4) All coal crop
				lines and the strike and dip of the coal to be mined within the proposed permit
				area;
(5) Location and extent of
				known workings of active, inactive, or abandoned underground mines, including
				mine openings to the surface and the depth to the mined coal if available
				within the proposed permit and adjacent areas;
(6) Location and extent of subsurface water,
				if encountered, within the proposed permit or adjacent areas;
(7) Location of surface water bodies such as
				streams, lakes, ponds, springs, constructed or natural drains, and irrigation
				ditches within the proposed permit and adjacent areas;
(8) Location and extent of existing or
				previously surface mined areas within the proposed permit area;
(9) Location and dimensions of existing areas
				of spoil, waste, and noncoal waste disposal, dams, embankments, other
				impoundments, and water treatment and air pollution control facilities within
				the proposed permit area;
(10)
				Location, and depth if available, of gas and oil wells within the proposed
				permit area and water wells in the permit area and adjacent
				area.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 31 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation › Section 460:20-31-1 - Scope

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This Subchapter provides the minimum requirements for the
				  Secretary's approval of regulatory program provisions for the mining operations
				  and reclamation plans portions of applications for permits for underground
				  mining activities, except to the extent that different requirements for those
				  plans are established under Subchapter 33 of this Chapter.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 31 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation › Section 460:20-31-2 - Objectives

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The objectives of this Subchapter to ensure that the
				  Department is provided with comprehensive and reliable information on proposed
				  underground mining activities, and to ensure that those activities are allowed
				  to be conducted only in compliance with the Act, this Chapter, and the
				  regulatory program.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 31 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation › Section 460:20-31-3 - Responsibilities

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(a) It is the
				responsibility of the applicant to provide to the Department all of the
				information required by this Subchapter, except where specifically exempted in
				this Subchapter.
(b) It is the
				responsibility of State and Federal governmental agencies to provide
				information to the Department where specifically required in this
				Subchapter.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 31 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation › Section 460:20-31-4 - Operation plan: general requirements

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Each application shall contain a description of the mining
				  operations proposed to be conducted during the life of the mine within the
				  proposed permit area, including, at a minimum, the following:
(1) A narrative description of the type and
				method of coal mining procedures and proposed engineering techniques,
				anticipated annual and total production of coal, by tonnage, and the major
				equipment to be used for all aspects of those operations; and
(2) A narrative explaining the construction,
				modification, use, maintenance, and removal of the following facilities unless
				retention of such facility is necessary for postmining land use as specified in
				Section
				460:20-45-51
				of this Chapter.
(A) Dams, embankments, and
				other impoundments;
(B) Overburden
				and topsoil handling and storage areas and structures;
(C) Coal removal, handling, storage,
				cleaning, and transportation areas and structures;
(D) Spoil, coal processing waste, mine
				development waste, and noncoal waste removal, handling, storage,
				transportation, and disposal areas and structures;
(E) Mine facilities; and
(F) Water pollution control
				facilities.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 31 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation › Section 460:20-31-5 - Operation plan: existing structures

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(a) Each application shall contain a
				description of each existing structure proposed to be used in connection with
				or to facilitate the surface coal mining and reclamation operation. The
				description shall include:
(1)
				Location;
(2) Plans of the
				structure which describe its current condition;
(3) Approximate dates on which construction
				of the existing structure was begun and completed; and
(4) A showing, including relevant monitoring
				data or other evidence, whether the structure meets the performance standards
				of these rules and regulations (Permanent Program Standards) or, if the
				structure does not meet the interim program performance standards of this
				Chapter, a showing whether the structure meets the performance standards
				(Interim Program Standards)
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 31 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation › Section 460:20-31-8 - Reclamation plan: Postmining land uses

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(a) Each plan shall contain a detailed
				description of the proposed use, following reclamation, of the land to be
				affected within the proposed permit area by surface operations or facilities,
				including a discussion of the utility and capacity of the reclaimed land to
				support a variety of alternative uses, and the relationship of the proposed use
				to existing land-use policies and plans. This description shall explain:
(1) How the proposed postmining land use is
				to be achieved and the necessary support activities which may be needed to
				achieve the proposed land use;
(2)
				Where a land use different from the premining land use is proposed, all
				materials needed for approval of the alternative use under Section
				460:20-45-51
				of this Chapter; and
(3) The
				consideration given to making all of the proposed underground mining activities
				consistent with surface owner plans and applicable State and local land-use
				plans and programs.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 31 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation › Section 460:20-31-9 - Reclamation plan: siltation structures, impoundments, banks, dams, and embankments

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(a)
General.
Each application shall include a general plan for each
				proposed siltation structure, water impoundment, and coal processing waste
				bank, dam, or embankment within the proposed permit area.
(1) Each general plan shall:
(A) Be prepared by, or under the direction
				of, and certified by a qualified, registered, professional engineer, with
				assistance from experts in related fields such as landscape
				architecture;
(B) Contain a
				description, map, and cross section of the structure and its
				location;
(C) Contain preliminary
				hydrologic and geologic information required to assess the hydrologic impact of
				the structure;
(D) Contain a survey
				describing the potential effect on the structure from subsidence of the
				subsurface strata resulting from past underground mining operations if
				underground mining has occurred; and
(E) Contain a certification statement which
				includes a schedule setting forth the dates when any detailed design plans for
				structures that are not submitted with the general plan will be submitted to
				the Department. The Department shall have approved, in writing, the detailed
				design plan for a structure before construction of the structure
				begins.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 31 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation › Section 460:20-31-10 - Protection of public parks and historic places

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(a) For any publicly owned parks or any
				places listed on the National Register of Historic Places that may be adversely
				affected by the proposed operation, each plan shall describe the measures to be
				used.
(1) To prevent adverse impacts,
				or
(2) If valid existing rights
				exist or joint agency approval is to be obtained under Section
				460:20-7-5(f)
				of this Chapter, to minimize impacts.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 31 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation › Section 460:20-31-11 - Relocation or use of public roads

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Each application shall describe, with appropriate maps and
				  cross sections, the measures to be used to ensure that the interests of the
				  public and landowners affected are protected if, under Section
				  460:20-7-5(d)
				  of this Chapter, the applicant seeks to have the Department approve:
(1) Conducting the proposed underground
				mining activities within 100 feet of the right-of-way line of any public road,
				except where mine access or haul roads join that right-of-way; or
(2) Relocating a public road.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 31 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation › Section 460:20-31-12 - Underground development waste

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Each plan shall contain descriptions, including appropriate
				  maps and cross-Section drawings of the proposed disposal methods and sites for
				  placing underground development waste and excess spoil generated at surface
				  areas affected by surface operations and facilities, according to Sections
				  460:20-45-24
				  through
				  460:20-45-27
				  of this Chapter. Each plan shall describe the geotechnical investigation,
				  design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal, if appropriate, of
				  the structures and be prepared according to Section
				  460:20-27-19
				  of this Chapter.
Amended at 12 Ok Reg
				  3592, eff 10-12-95
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 31 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation › Section 460:20-31-13 - Subsidence control plan

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(a)
Presubsidence survey.
Each application must include:
(1) A map of the permit and adjacent areas at
				a scale of 1:12,000, or larger if determined necessary by the Department,
				showing the location and type of structures and renewable resource lands that
				subsidence may materially damage or for which value or reasonably foreseeable
				use may be diminished by subsidence, and showing the location and type of
				drinking, domestic, and residential water supplies that could be contaminated,
				diminished, or interrupted by subsidence.
(2) A narrative indicating whether
				subsidence, if it occurred, could cause material damage to or diminish the
				value or reasonably foreseeable use of such structures or renewable resource
				lands or could contaminate, diminish, or interrupt drinking, domestic, or
				residential water supplies.
(3) A
				survey of the condition of all non-commercial buildings or occupied residential
				dwellings and structures related thereto, that may be materially damaged or for
				which the reasonably foreseeable use may be diminished by the subsidence,
				except for areas where there is no planned subsidence. Also, each application
				must include a survey of the quantity and quality of all drinking, domestic,
				and residential water, supplies within the permit area and adjacent area that
				could be contaminated, diminished, or interrupted by subsidence. If the
				applicant cannot make this survey because the owner will not allow access to
				the site, the applicant will notify the owner, in writing, of the effect the
				denial of access will have as described in
				460:20-45-47(c)(4)
				of this Chapter. The applicant must pay for any technical assessment or
				engineering evaluation to determine the premining condition or value of such
				non-commercial buildings or occupied residential dwellings or structures
				related thereto and the quantity and quality of the drinking, domestic, or
				residential water supplies. The applicant must provide copies of the survey and
				any technical assessment or engineering evaluation to the property owner and
				Department.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 31 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation › Section 460:20-31-14 - Fish and wildlife information

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(a)
Resource information.
Each
				application shall include fish and wildlife resource information for the permit
				area and adjacent area.
(1) The scope and
				level of detail for such information shall be determined by the Department in
				consultation with State and Federal agencies with responsibilities for fish and
				wildlife and shall be sufficient to design the protection and enhancement plan
				required under Subsection (b) of this Section.
(2) Site-specific resource information
				necessary to address the respective species or habitats shall be required when
				the permit area or adjacent area is likely to include:
(A) Listed or proposed endangered or
				threatened species of plants or animals or their critical habitats listed by
				the Secretary under the endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended ( 16 U.S.C.
				1531 et seq.), or those species or habitats protected by similar State
				statutes;
(B) Habitats of unusually
				high value for fish and wildlife such as important streams, wetlands, riparian
				area, cliffs supporting raptors, areas offering special shelter or protection,
				migration routes, or reproduction and wintering areas; or
(C) Other species or habitats identified
				through agency consultation as requiring special protection under State or
				Federal law.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 31 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation › Section 460:20-31-15 - Geologic information

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(a)
General.
Each application shall include geologic information in
				sufficient detail to assist in-
(1)
				Determining the probable hydrologic consequences of the operation upon the
				quality and quantity of surface and ground water in the permit and adjacent
				areas, including the extent to which surface- and ground-water monitoring is
				necessary;
(2) Determining all
				potentially acid- or toxic-forming strata down to and including the stratum
				immediately below the coal seam to be mined;
(3) Determining whether reclamation as
				required by these Regulations can be accomplished and whether the proposed
				operation has been designed to prevent material damage to the hydrologic
				balance outside the permit area; and
(4) Preparing the subsidence control plan
				under Section
				460:20-31-13
				of this Chapter.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 31 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation › Section 460:20-31-16 - Operation plan: maps and plans

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Each application shall contain maps and plans as
				  follows:
(1) The maps, plans, and
				cross sections shall show the underground mining activities to be conducted,
				the lands to be affected throughout the operation, and any change in a facility
				or feature to be caused by the proposed operations, if the facility or feature
				was shown under Sections
				460:20-29-10
				through
				460:20-29-11
				of this Chapter.
(2) The following
				shall be shown for the proposed permit area:
(A) Buildings, utility corridors, and
				facilities to be used;
(B) The area
				of land to be affected within the proposed permit area, according to the
				sequence of mining and reclamation;
(C) Each area of land for which a performance
				bond or other equivalent guarantee will be posted under Subchapter 37 of this
				Chapter;
(D) Each coal storage,
				cleaning, and loading area;
(E)
				Each topsoil, spoil, coal preparation waste, underground development waste, and
				noncoal waste storage area;
(F)
				Each water diversion, collection, conveyance, treatment, storage and discharge
				facility to be used;
(G) Each
				source of waste and each waste disposal facility relating to coal processing or
				pollution control;
(H) Each
				facility to be used to protect and enhance fish and wildlife related
				environmental values;
(I) Each
				explosives storage and handling facility;
(J) Location of each sedimentation pond,
				permanent water impoundment, coal processing waste bank, and coal processing
				water dam and embankment, in accordance with Section
				460:20-31-9
				of this Chapter and disposal areas for underground development waste and excess
				spoil, in accordance with Section
				460:20-31-12
				of this Chapter;
(K) Each profile,
				at cross sections specified by the Department, of the anticipated final surface
				configuration to be achieved for the affected areas;
(L) Location of each water and subsidence
				monitoring point; and
(M) Location
				of each facility that will remain on the proposed permit area as a permanent
				feature, after the completion of underground mining activities.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 31 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation › Section 460:20-31-17 - Transportation facilities

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(a)
Plans and drawings.
Each applicant for a surface coal mining and
				reclamation permit shall submit plans and drawings for each road as defined in
				Section
				460:20-3-5 of this
				Chapter to be constructed, used, or maintained within the proposed permit area.
				The plans and drawings shall:
(1) Include a
				map, appropriate cross sections, design drawings and specifications for road
				widths, gradients, surfacing materials, cuts, fill embankments, culverts,
				bridges, drainage ditches, low-water crossings, and drainage
				structures;
(2) Contain the
				drawings and specifications of each proposed road that is located in the
				channel of an intermittent or perennial stream, as necessary for approval of
				the road by the Department in accordance with Section
				460:20-45-52(d)(1)
				of this Chapter.
(3) Contain the
				drawings and specifications for each proposed ford of perennial or intermittent
				streams that is used as a temporary route, as necessary for approval of the
				ford by the Department in accordance with Section
				460:20-45-53(c)(2)
				of this Chapter.
(4) Contain a
				description of measures to be taken to obtain approval of the Department for
				alteration or relocation of a natural stream channel under Section
				460:20-45-53(d)(5)
				of this Chapter.
(5) Contain the
				drawings and specifications for each low-water crossing of perennial or
				intermittent stream channels so that the Department can maximize the protection
				of the stream in accordance with Section
				460:20-45-53(d)(6)
				of this Chapter; and
(6) Describe
				the plans to remove and reclaim each road that would not be retained under an
				approved postmining land use, and the schedule for this removal and
				reclamation.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 31 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation › Section 460:20-31-18 - Return of coal processing waste to abandoned underground workings

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(a) Each plan shall
				describe the design, operation and maintenance of any proposed coal processing
				waste disposal facility, including flow diagrams and any other necessary
				drawings and maps, for the approval of the Department and the Mine Safety and
				Health Administration under Section
				460:20-45-29(f)
				of this Chapter.
(b) Each plan
				shall describe the source and quality of waste to be stowed, area to be
				backfilled, percent of the mine void to be filled, method of constructing
				underground retaining walls, influence of the backfilling operation on active
				underground mine operations, surface area to be supported by the backfill, and
				the anticipated occurrence of surface effects following backfilling.
(c) The applicant shall describe the source
				of the hydraulic transport mediums, method of dewatering the placed backfill,
				retainment of water underground, treatment of water if released to surface
				streams, and the effect on the hydrologic regime.
(d) The plan shall describe each permanent
				monitoring well to be located in the backfilled area, the stratum underlying
				the mined coal, and gradient from the backfilled area.
(e) The requirements of Subsections (a), (b),
				(c), and (d) of this Section shall also apply to pneumatic backfilling
				operations, except where the operations are exempted by the Department from
				requirements specifying hydrologic monitoring.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 31 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation › Section 460:20-31-19 - Air pollution control plan

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For all surface operations associated with underground mining
				  activities, the application shall contain an air pollution control plan which
				  includes the following:
(1) An air
				quality monitoring program, if required by the Department, to provide
				sufficient data to evaluate the effectiveness of the fugitive dust control
				practices, under (2) of this Section to comply with applicable Federal and
				State air quality standards; and
(2) A plan for fugitive dust control
				practices, as required under Section
				460:20-45-34
				of this Chapter.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 31 - Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Reclamation › Section 460:20-31-20 - Diversions

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Each application shall contain descriptions, including maps
				  and cross sections, of stream channel diversions and other diversions to be
				  constructed within the proposed permit area to achieve compliance with Section
				  460:20-45-10 of this
				  Chapter.