Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article I - Land Resources › Chapter 87 - SURFACE MINING OF COAL › Subchapter C - SURFACE COAL MINES: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES › Section 87.54 - Maps, cross sections and related information

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A permit application shall contain maps
						and plans of the proposed permit and adjacent area showing the following:
(1) The boundaries and the name of present
						owners of record of land, both surface and subsurface, for the proposed permit
						and adjacent lands; and the boundaries of the land within the proposed permit
						area which the applicant has the legal right to enter and begin surface mining
						activities.
(2) The boundaries of
						the land to be affected.
(3) The
						boundaries of the areas proposed to be affected over the estimated total life
						of the proposed operation.
(4) The
						location, names of the owners and present occupants, and the current use of the
						buildings on and within 1,000 feet of the perimeter of the proposed permit
						area.
(5) The location and the
						names of public roads, railroads, utility lines and other surface and
						subsurface manmade features within or adjacent to the proposed permit
						area.
(6) The location and the name
						of current public and private surface water supplies that have intakes on the
						receiving stream within 10 miles downstream of the proposed permit area, public
						water supplies on or within 1/2 mile of the affected area and private water
						supplies on or within 1,000 feet of the proposed permit area.
(7) The location of monitoring stations and
						the location and elevation of springs and wells.
(8) The boundaries of land within the
						proposed permit or adjacent area identified in Chapter 86, Subchapter D
						(relating to areas unsuitable for mining) as unsuitable, limited or prohibited
						to mining.
(9) The boundaries of a
						public park and location 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 area.
(10) Each public or private cemetery or
						Indian burial ground located in or within the permit or adjacent
						area.
(11) Land within the proposed
						permit and adjacent area which is within the boundaries 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 drainage area above and below the
						proposed permit area and the location and names of the surface water bodies
						such as streams, lakes, ponds, springs, constructed or natural drains, and
						irrigation ditches within the affected and adjacent areas.
(13) The municipality or township and county
						and, if in a township, the nearest municipality.
(14) The elevation and location of test
						borings and core samplings.
(15)
						The nature, depth and thickness of the coal or rider seams and each stratum of
						overburden to the depth of the stratum immediately below the lowest coal seam
						to be mined.
(16) All coal crop
						lines, and the strike and dip of the coal to be mined.
(17) The ownership, if known, location and
						extent of known workings of active, inactive and abandoned underground mines
						including mine openings, and the extent of deep mine pools and discharge points
						to the surface within the proposed permit and adjacent areas.
(18) The location and extent of existing or
						previously surface-mined areas.
(19) The location and areal extent of
						existing areas of spoil, waste and noncoal waste disposal, dams, embankments,
						other water treatment and air pollution control facilities within the proposed
						permit area.
(20) The location and
						depth, if available, of gas and oil wells within the proposed permit
						area.
(21) Sufficient slope
						measurements to adequately represent the existing land surface configuration of
						the proposed permit area, measured and recorded according to the following:
(i) Each measurement shall consist of an
						angle of inclination along the prevailing slope extending 100 linear feet above
						and below or beyond the coal outcrop or the area to be disturbed, or, when this
						is impractical, at locations specified by the Department.
(ii) The measurements shall extend at least
						100 feet beyond the limits of mining disturbances, or another distance
						determined by the Department to be representative of the premining
						configuration of the land, when the area has been previously mined.
(iii) Slope measurement 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.
(22) 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, but not including roads within the pit or on
						unreclaimed spoil areas.
(23) Other
						information the Department deems relevant.