Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 12 - COAL MINING REGULATIONS › Subchapter G - SURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION OPERATIONS, PERMITS, AND COAL EXPLORATION PROCEDURES SYSTEMS › Division 9 - UNDERGROUND MINING PERMIT APPLICATIONS - MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR RECLAMATION AND OPERATION PLAN › Section 12.197 - Operation Plan: Maps and Plans

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Each application shall contain maps, plans, and cross
						sections of the proposed permit and adjacent areas as follows:
(1) the maps, plans and cross sections shall
					 show the underground mining activities to be conducted, the lands to be
					 affected throughout the operation, and any change in a facility or feature to
					 be caused by the proposed operations, if the facility or feature was shown
					 under §
											RSA
					 12.182 and §
											RSA
					 12.183 of this title (relating to Maps:
					 General Requirements, and to Cross Sections, Maps, and Plans);
(2) the following shall be shown for the
					 proposed permit area unless specifically required for the permit and adjacent
					 area by the requirements of this section:
(A)
					 buildings, utility corridors, and facilities to be used;
(B) the area of land to be affected within
					 the proposed permit area, according to the sequence of mining and
					 reclamation;
(C) each area of land
					 for which a performance bond or other equivalent guarantee will be posted under
					 Subchapter J of this chapter (relating to Bond and Insurance Requirements for
					 Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations);
(D) each coal storage, cleaning and loading
					 area;
(E) each topsoil, spoil, coal
					 preparation waste, underground development waste, and noncoal waste storage
					 area;
(F) each water diversion,
					 collection, conveyance, treatment, storage and discharge facility to be
					 used;
(G) each source of waste and
					 each waste-disposal facility relating to coal processing or pollution
					 control;
(H) each facility to be
					 used to protect and enhance fish and wildlife related environmental
					 values;
(I) each explosive storage
					 and handling facility;
(J) location
					 of each sedimentation pond, permanent water impoundment, coal mine waste bank,
					 and coal mine waste dam and embankment, in accordance with §
												RSA
					 12.190 of this title (relating to Reclamation
					 Plan: Ponds, Impoundments, Banks, Dams, and Embankments) and disposal areas for
					 underground development waste and excess spoil in accordance with §
												RSA
					 12.193 of this title (relating to Underground
					 Development Waste/Return of Coal Processing Waste to Underground
					 Workings);
(K) each profile, at
					 cross sections specified by the Commission of the anticipated final surface
					 configuration to be achieved for the affected areas;
(L) location of each water and subsidence
					 monitoring point; and
(M) location
					 of each facility that will remain on the proposed permit area as a permanent
					 feature, after the completion of underground mining
					 activities.