Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article I - Land Resources › Chapter 90 - COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL › Subchapter B - MINIMUM ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL › Section 90.21 - Maps and cross sections

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The
						application shall contain maps and plans of the proposed permit and adjacent
						area showing the following:
(1) The 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 which the applicant has the legal right to enter and begin
						coal refuse disposal activities.
(3) The boundaries of the land to be
						affected.
(4) The boundaries of the
						areas proposed to be affected over the estimated total life of the coal refuse
						disposal activities, with a description of size, sequence and timing of
						development of the site.
(5) The
						location, names of the owners and present occupants, and the current use of the
						buildings on and within 1,000 feet of the outer perimeter of the proposed
						permit area.
(6) 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 and pipelines.
(7) The locations and names of public water
						supply intakes within a 10 mile distance downstream of each discharge, and the
						locations of water discharges into a surface body of water within the permit
						and adjacent area. Public water supplies on or within 1/2 mile of the permit
						area and private water supplies on or within 1,000 feet of the proposed permit
						area.
(8) Each public road location
						in or within 100 feet of the proposed permit area.
(9) The boundaries of public parks and
						locations of cultural or historical resources listed on or eligible for listing
						on the National Register of Historic Places and known archaeological sites
						within the permit and adjacent areas.
(10) Each public or private cemetery or
						Indian burial ground located in or within 100 feet of the proposed permit
						area.
(11) Land within the proposed
						permit area and adjacent area which is within the boundaries of any units of
						the National Trails System 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.A. §
														1276(a)).
(12) The surface elevations and the locations
						of test borings and core samplings.
(13) The locations of existing and proposed
						monitoring stations used to gather data on water quality and quantity, fish and
						wildlife, and air quality, if required, in preparation of the
						application.
(14) A cross section
						of the strata described in §
													90.12 (relating to
						geology).
(15) Coal crop lines and
						the contours of the coal to be mined in the permit and adjacent
						areas.
(16) The location and extent
						of known workings of active, inactive or abandoned underground mines, including
						identification of the coal seams mined and mine openings to the surface within
						the proposed permit and adjacent areas.
(17) The portrayal of major aquifers on cross
						sections.
(18) The 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.
(19) The location and extent
						of existing or previously surface-mined areas within the proposed permit area,
						including the coal seams mined.
(20) The location and areal extent of storage
						and disposal areas of spoil, coal refuse, underground development waste and
						noncoal and of dams, embankments, other impoundments and water treatment and
						air pollution control facilities within the proposed permit area, and state
						whether or not owned or operated by applicant.
(21) The location and depth, if available, of
						gas and oil wells within the proposed permit area and water wells in the permit
						area and adjacent areas.
(22)
						Sufficient slope measurements to adequately represent the existing land surface
						configuration of the area affected by coal refuse disposal activities. Slope
						measurements shall take into account natural variations in slope, to provide
						accurate representation of the range of natural slopes and reflect geomorphic
						differences of the area to be disturbed.
(23) Landslides within areas to be affected
						by coal refuse disposal activities.
(24) The location of each haul road and
						access road and appropriate cross sections, design drawings and specifications
						for road widths, gradients, surfacing materials, cuts, fill embankments,
						culverts, bridges, drainage ditches and drainage structures for each road to be
						constructed, used or maintained within the proposed permit area.
(25) Other relevant information required by
						the Department.