Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 25 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › Chapter 130 - COAL SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION REGULATIONS › Part 702 - Exemption for Coal Extraction Incidental to the Extraction of Other Minerals › Section 4VAC25-130-702.12 - Contents of application for exemption

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
An application for exemption shall include at a
					 minimum:
(a) The name and address of
				  the applicant;
(b) A list of the
				  minerals sought to be extracted;
(c) Estimates of annual production of coal
				  and the other minerals within each mining area over the anticipated life of the
				  mining operation;
(d) Estimated
				  annual revenues to be derived from bona fide sales of coal and other minerals
				  to be extracted within the mining area;
(e) Where coal or the other minerals are to
				  be used rather than sold, estimated annual fair market values at the time of
				  projected use of the coal and other minerals to be extracted from the mining
				  area;
(f) The basis for all annual
				  production, revenue, and fair market value estimates;
(g) A description, including county, and
				  boundaries of the land, of sufficient certainty that the mining areas may be
				  located and distinguished from other mining areas;
(h) An estimate to the nearest acre of the
				  number of acres that will compose the mining area over the anticipated life of
				  the mining operation;
(i) Evidence
				  of publication, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of the
				  mining area, of a public notice that an application for exemption has been
				  filed with the division (The public notice must identify the persons claiming
				  the exemption and must contain a description of the proposed operation and its
				  locality that is sufficient for interested persons to identify the
				  operation.);
(j) Representative
				  stratigraphic cross-section(s) based on test borings or other information
				  identifying and showing the relative position, approximate thickness and
				  density of the coal and each other mineral to be extracted for commercial use
				  or sale and the relative position and thickness of any material, not classified
				  as other minerals, that will also be extracted during the conduct of mining
				  activities;
(k) A map of
				  appropriate scale which clearly identifies the mining area;
(l) A general description of mining and
				  mineral processing activities for the mining area;
(m) A summary of sales commitments and
				  agreements for future delivery, if any, which the applicant has received for
				  other minerals to be extracted from the mining area, or a description of
				  potential markets for such minerals;
(n) If the other minerals are to be
				  commercially used by the applicant, a description specifying the use;
(o) For operations having extracted coal or
				  other minerals prior to filing an application for exemption, in addition to the
				  information required above, the following information must also be submitted:
(1) Any relevant documents the operator has
				  received from the division documenting its exemption from the requirements of
				  the Act;
(2) The cumulative
				  production of the coal and other minerals from the mining area; and
(3) Estimated tonnages of stockpiled coal and
				  other minerals; and