Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 20 - The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 › Subchapter 53 - Permanent Program Performance Standards: Coal Preparation Plants Not Located Within the Permit Area of a Mine › Section 460:20-53-3 - Coal processing plants: performance standards

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Construction, operation, maintenance, modification,
				  reclamation, and removal activities at operations covered by this Subchapter
				  shall comply with the following:
(1)
				Signs and markers for the coal processing plant, coal processing waste disposal
				area, and water treatment facilities shall comply with Section
				460:20-43-3.
(2) Roads, transport, and associated
				structures shall be constructed, maintained, and reclaimed in accordance with
				Sections
				460:20-43-52
				through
				460:20-43-55.
(3) Any stream or channel realignment shall
				comply with Section
				460:20-43-10.
(4) Any disturbed area related to the coal
				processing plant, or associated facilities shall have sediment control
				structures in compliance with Sections
				460:20-43-11
				and
				460:20-43-12,
				and all discharges from these areas shall meet the requirements of Section
				460:20-43-8
				through
				460:20-43-9
				and any other applicable State or Federal law.
(5) Permanent impoundments associated with
				coal processing plants shall meet the requirements of Sections
				460:20-43-14 and
				460:20-43-15.
				Dams constructed of or impounding coal processing waste shall comply with
				Sections
				460:20-43-31.
(6) Use of water wells shall comply with
				Section
				460:20-43-8(g) and
				(h).
(7) Disposal of coal processing waste solid
				waste, and any excavated materials shall comply with Sections
				460:20-43-29,
				460:20-43-30,
				460:20-43-32,
				and
				460:20-43-33
				and
				460:20-43-24
				through
				460:20-43-27
				respectively.
(8) Discharge
				structures for diversions and sediment control structures shall comply with
				Section
				460:20-43-13.
(9) Fish, wildlife and related environmental
				values shall be protected in accordance with Section
				460:20-43-35.
(10) Slide areas and other surface areas
				shall comply with Section
				460:20-43-36.
(11) Adverse effects upon or resulting from
				nearby underground coal mining activities shall be minimized by appropriate
				measures including but not limited to compliance with Section
				460:20-43-28.
(12) Reclamation shall include proper topsoil
				handling procedures, revegetation, and abandonment, in accordance with Sections
				460:20-43-7,
				460:20-43-37
				through
				460:20-43-41,
				460:20-43-43
				through
				460:20-43-46,
				and
				460:20-43-51.
(13) Conveyors, buildings, storage bins or
				stockpiles, water treatment facilities, water storage facilities, and any
				structure or system related to the coal processing plant shall comply with
				Subchapter 43 of this Chapter.
(14)
				Any coal process plant or associated structures located on prime farmland shall
				meet the requirements of Subchapter 49 of this Chapter.
(15) Erosion and air pollution attendant to
				erosion shall be controlled in accordance with Section
				460:20-43-34
				of these Regulations.
(16) Support
				facilities related to the coal preparation plant shall comply with
				460:20-43-55
				of these Regulations.
(17)
				Cessation of operations shall be in accordance with Sections
				460:20-43-49
				and
				460:20-43-50
				of these Regulations.
Amended at 12 Ok Reg
				  3592, eff 10-12-95