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 G - ANTHRACITE SURFACE MINING ACTIVITIES AND ANTHRACITE BANK REMOVAL AND RECLAMATION ACTIVITIES: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR REMINING AREAS WITH POLLUTIONAL DISCHARGES › Section 88.504 - Application for authorization

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) An
						operator who requests authorization under this subchapter shall comply with the
						permit application requirements of Chapter 86 (relating to surface and
						underground coal mining: general) and Subchapter A (relating to general
						provisions) and either Subchapter B, C or D (relating to surface anthracite
						coal mines: minimum environmental protection performance standards; anthracite
						bank removal and reclamation: minimum environmental protection performance
						standards; and anthracite refuse disposal: minimum environmental protection
						performance standards), whichever is applicable, except as specifically
						modified by this subchapter. The operator shall also comply with all of the
						following:
(1) Delineate on a map the
						proposed pollution abatement area, including the location of the pre-existing
						discharges.
(2) Provide a
						description of the hydrologic balance for the proposed pollution abatement area
						that includes:
(i) Results of a detailed water
						quality and quantity monitoring program, including seasonal variations,
						variations in response to precipitation events, and modeled baseline pollution
						loads using this monitoring program.
(ii) Monitoring for flow, pH, alkalinity,
						acidity, total iron, total manganese, total aluminum, sulfates, total suspended
						solids and other water quality parameters the Department deems
						relevant.
(3) Provide a
						pollution abatement plan which must:
(i)
						Describe the pollution abatement area.
(ii) Be designed to reduce the pollution load
						from pre-existing discharges and must identify the selected best management
						practices (BMP) to be used.
(iii)
						Describe the design specifications, construction specifications, maintenance
						schedules, criteria for monitoring and inspection, and expected performance of
						the BMPs.
(iv) Represent the best
						technology and include:
(A) Plans, cross
						sections and schematic drawings describing the pollution abatement plan
						proposed to be implemented.
(B) A
						description and explanation of the range of abatement that probably can be
						achieved, costs and each step in the proposed pollution abatement
						plan.
(C) A description of the
						standard of success for revegetation necessary to insure success of the
						pollution abatement plan.
(v) Provide a description of and information
						on the pre-existing discharges hydrologically connected to the remining
						area.
(4) Determine the
						baseline pollution load.
(5)
						Provide the background data that are the bases for the baseline pollution load.
						The baseline pollution load shall be reported in pounds per day.