Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article I - Land Resources › Chapter 88 - ANTHRACITE COAL › Subchapter E - COAL PREPARATION ACTIVITIES › Section 88.381 - General requirements

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A
						person who conducts or intends to conduct coal preparation activities, not
						within the permit area of a specific mine, shall obtain a permit from the
						Department under §§
												86.11-86.18 (relating to general
						requirements for permits and permit applications). The person shall meet
						certain performance standards and application requirements as specified in this
						subchapter.
(b) The following
						performance standards shall be met:
(1) Signs
						and markers for a facility where coal preparation activities are conducted
						shall comply with §
													88.82 (relating to signs and
						markers).
(2) Roads, transport and
						associated structures shall be constructed, maintained and reclaimed in
						accordance with §§
													88.138 and
						88.150 (relating to haul roads and
						access roads: general; and common use roads).
(3) A stream or channel realignment shall
						comply with §
													88.94 (relating to hydrologic
						balance: stream diversions).
(4) If
						required by the Department, a disturbed area related to coal preparation
						activities shall have sediment control structures in compliance with §
													88.96 (relating to hydrologic
						balance: sediment control measures), and discharges from these areas shall meet
						the requirements of §
													88.92 (relating to hydrologic
						balance: effluent standards) and other applicable State or Federal
						law.
(5) Permanent impoundments
						associated with coal processing plants shall meet the requirements of §
													88.101 (relating to hydrologic
						balance: permanent impoundments). Dams constructed on or impounding coal
						processing waste shall comply with §§
													88.102 and
						88.103 (relating to hydrologic
						balance: dams, ponds, embankments and impoundments-design, construction and
						maintenance; and hydrologic balance: coal processing waste dams and
						embankments).
(6) Discharge
						structures for diversions and sediment control structures shall comply with
						§
													88.99 (relating to hydrologic
						balance: discharge structures).
(7)
						Disposal of coal preparation waste, solid waste and excavated materials shall
						comply with Subchapter D (relating to anthracite refuse disposal: minimum
						environmental protection performance standards).
(8) Air pollution control measures associated
						with fugitive dust emissions shall comply with §
													88.114 (relating to air resources
						protection).
(9) Reclamation shall
						include proper soil handling procedures, revegetation and abandonment, in
						accordance with §§ 88.86-88.90, 88.105-88.108 and
						88.110-88.130.
(10) Coal
						preparation activities shall comply with other applicable performance standards
						of this chapter.
(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 §§
													88.113 and
						88.133 (relating to protection of
						underground mining; and postmining land use).
(12) Reclamation shall include proper topsoil
						handling procedures, revegetation and abandonment, in accordance with
						§§ 88.115-88.133.
(13)
						Water rights shall be protected in accordance with §
													88.107a (relating to hydrologic
						balance: water rights and replacement).