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 A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › ANTHRACITE COAL MINING ACTIVITIES: APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND PREMINING RESOURCES › Section 88.31 - Maps and plans

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) An
						  application shall contain maps and plans for the proposed permit and adjacent
						  area showing the following:
(1) The boundaries
						  and the names 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 anthracite coal 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 the current use of 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 principals 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 and elevations of monitoring
						  stations, springs and wells.
(8)
						  The boundaries of land within the proposed permit adjacent area identified in
						  Chapter 86, Subchapter C (relating to small operator assistance program) as
						  unsuitable, limited or prohibited to mining.
(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 area.
(10) Each known 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 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 if utilized.
(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) Coal crop lines.
(17) The ownership, if known, location and
						  extent of known workings of active, inactive and abandoned underground mines,
						  including mine openings 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 wells within the proposed permit area.
(21) Sufficient slope measurements or
						  contours 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, where this
						  is impractical, at locations specified by the Department.
(ii) When the area has been previously mined,
						  the measurements shall extend at least 100 feet beyond the limits of mining
						  disturbances, or another distance determined by the regulatory authority to be
						  representative of the premining configuration of the land.
(iii) 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.
(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 proposed
						  spoil areas.
(23) Other information
						  the Department deems relevant.