Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:13 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Coal › Chapter 1501:13-4 - Permits › Section 1501:13-4-08 - Application, supplemental and hydrologic maps, and cross-sections, designs and plans

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This rule applies to coal mining
				operations, including underground mining surface operations, but does not apply
				to underground workings.
(A)
								Application map. The permit application shall include
			 an application map prepared by or under the direction of and certified by a
			 surveyor or jointly by a an engineer and a surveyor, to the extent such joint
			 certification is required by state law, 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 proposed permit area; noting the
			 boundaries of land within the proposed permit area upon which the applicant has
			 the legal right to enter and begin coal mining operations and which areas the
			 applicant does not yet have this right;
(2)
									The location of
			 all buildings on and within one thousand feet of the proposed permit area, with
			 identification of the current use of the buildings using the map symbols set
			 forth in rule
			 1501:13-4-10
			 of the Administrative Code;
(3)
									The location of
			 surface and subsurface man-made features within, passing through, or passing
			 over the proposed permit area;
(4)
									The locations of
			 water supply intakes for current users of surface water flowing into, out of,
			 and within a hydrologic area defined by the chief, those surface waters which
			 will receive discharges from affected areas in the proposed permit area and the
			 location of any discharges to any surface body of water on or adjacent to the
			 land to be affected;
(5)
									Each public road located in or within one hundred feet
			 of the proposed permit area;
(6)
									The boundaries of
			 any public park and locations of any cultural or historical resources listed or
			 eligible for listing on the "National Register of Historic Places," as
			 referenced in paragraph (A)(2)(a) of rule
			 1501:13-4-04
			 of the Administrative Code, and known archeological sites within the proposed
			 permit and adjacent areas;
(7)
									Each cemetery
			 that is located in or within one hundred feet of the proposed permit
			 area;
(8)
									Any land within the proposed permit area or adjacent
			 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,
			 16 U.S.C.
			 1271 et seq., or study rivers or study river
			 corridors as established in any guidelines pursuant to that
			 act;
(9)
									The boundaries and names of counties, municipal
			 corporations, townships, section and lot lines located in and within five
			 hundred feet of the proposed permit area;
(10)
									The names,
			 locations, and directions of flow of all perennial and intermittent streams
			 located in and within five hundred feet of the proposed permit
			 area;
(11)
									The name of the drainage basin in which the proposed
			 permit area is located as listed in the "Gazetteer of Ohio Streams," published
			 by the Ohio department of natural resources;
(12)
									That part of the
			 proposed permit area that is prime farmland;
(13)
									The areas of
			 land within the proposed permit area on which steep slope mining, mountaintop
			 removal, and augering will be performed;
(14)
									The drainage
			 control system within the proposed permit area to include the location
			 of:
(a)
										Each
			 sediment pond and the pond identification number;
(b)
										Any diversions;
			 and
(c)
										Any treatment facilities;
(15)
									All haul roads
			 and access roads proposed to be constructed within the proposed permit area in
			 conjunction with the operations, and all existing haul roads and access roads
			 within the proposed permit area to be used in conjunction with the
			 operation;
(16)
									The location of the proposed final highwall for each
			 coal seam to be mined within the proposed permit area;
(17)
									The point at
			 which mining operations will begin and the point at which mining operations
			 will end on the proposed permit area;
(18)
									Elevations and
			 locations of test borings and core samplings;
(19)
									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;
(20)
									All coal crop lines and the strike and dip of the coal
			 to be mined in the proposed permit area;
(21)
									Location and
			 extent of known workings of active, inactive, or abandoned underground mines,
			 including mine openings to the surface, within the proposed permit and adjacent
			 areas;
(22)
									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;
(23)
									Location and
			 extent of existing or previously surface-mined areas within the proposed permit
			 area;
(24)
									Location and extent of existing areas of spoil, waste,
			 and refuse, dams, embankments, other impoundments, and water treatment and air
			 pollution control facilities within the proposed permit area;
(25)
									Location of gas
			 and oil wells in and within twenty-five feet of the proposed permit area and
			 the location of producing gas and oil wells in and within three hundred feet of
			 the proposed permit area;
(26)
									Location of
			 water wells in and within one thousand feet of the proposed permit
			 area;
(27)
									The location and start and end points of all submitted
			 cross sections within the proposed permit area;
(28)
									Sufficient slope
			 measurements, in degrees, to adequately represent the existing land surface
			 configuration of the proposed permit area;
(29)
									The boundaries
			 of all areas proposed to be affected over the estimated total life of the
			 proposed mining operation, with a description of size, sequence, and timing of
			 the mining of sub-areas for which it is anticipated that additional permits
			 will be sought;
(30)
									Buildings, utility corridors within the proposed permit
			 area;
(31)
									Each coal storage, cleaning and loading area within the
			 proposed permit area;
(32)
									Each topsoil, spoil, coal waste, and noncoal waste
			 storage area within the proposed permit area;
(33)
									Each air
			 pollution collection and control facility within the proposed permit
			 area;
(34)
									Each facility to be used to protect and enhance fish
			 and wildlife and related environmental values within the proposed permit
			 area;
(35)
									Each explosive storage and handling facility within the
			 proposed permit area;
(36)
									The location of each facility that will remain on the
			 proposed permit area as a permanent feature after the completion of mining
			 operations;
(37)
									The location of each water monitoring point within the
			 proposed permit area;
(38)
									For underground mining surface operations, the location
			 of each subsidence monitoring point within the proposed permit area;
			 and
(39)
									Other relevant information required by the
			 chief.