West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 207 - Coalfield Community Development › Title 207 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF ENERGY › Series 207-01 - Community Development Assessment And Real Property Valuation Procedures For Office Of Coalfield Community Development › Section 207-1-4 - Community Impact Statement

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
4.1. An operator
				shall develop and file a community impact statement, as described in subsection
				4.3 of this rule, with the office no more than 60 days after filing an
				application for a permit with the department.
4.2. For permits granted after June 11, 1999,
				a community impact statement shall also be filed by the operator within 90 days
				after the permit application is deemed by the department to be administratively
				complete, and within 90 days after the first five year incremental renewal date
				for all permits issued prior to June 11, 1999.
4.3. A community impact statement, where
				practicable, shall be written in a clear and concise manner understandable to
				all citizens. The community impact statement shall include the following:
4.3.a. The amount and location of land to be
				mined or used in the actual surface mining operations, the permit numbers for
				all mining, surface, national pollutant discharge elimination system or other
				permits relating to such surface mining operations, the latitude and longitude
				coordinates of the approximate center of the proposed area to be permitted, and
				the magisterial districts and other related information requested by the
				office;
4.3.b. The expected
				duration of the surface mining operations in each area of the
				community;
4.3.c. The extent of
				anticipated mining-related property acquisitions by the operator and any other
				property owners, including the names and addresses of the owners of all
				surface, mineral and other interests in property to be acquired related to the
				surface mining operations for which the permit application was filed, to the
				extent that such property acquisitions are known or capable of being
				known;
4.3.d. The names and
				addresses of the owners of all surface, mineral and other interests in property
				to be mined pursuant to the permit and located within 1,000 feet of the
				permitted area or areas for surface mining operations;
4.3.e. The intentions of property owners,
				other than the operator, relative to the surface, mineral and other property
				intended to be acquired for the anticipated surface mining operations, to the
				extent that such intentions are known or capable of being known;
4.3.f. A statement of the postmining land use
				and approximate postmining contour for all land within the permit
				boundary;
4.3.g. The intended
				blasting plan for the surface mining operations anticipated under the permit
				and the expected time and duration that the anticipated blasting shall affect
				each community;
4.3.h. Information
				concerning the extent and nature of valley fills anticipated to be located
				within the surface mining operations and the watersheds to be affected by these
				valley fills;
4.3.i. Economic
				information about the anticipated surface mining operations, including, without
				limitation, the estimated number of jobs created, the estimated proportion of
				mine employees who will be residents of West Virginia, the estimated annual
				mine payroll, the estimated annual coal production, the anticipated mine life,
				and such other economic information as may be requested by the
				office;
4.3.j. An acknowledgment of
				the recommendations of any approved master land use plan that pertains to the
				land proposed to be mined, including an acknowledgment of the infrastructure
				component needed to accomplish the designated post-mine land use required by
				the plan;
4.3.k. The location of
				and distance from the mine site to the nearest existing gas, electric, water,
				sewer and other utilities, the location of and distance from the mine site to
				the closest paved public roadway, and the gas, electric, water, sewer and other
				utility infrastructure anticipated to be extended to the mine site;
4.3.l. The identification of public bridges,
				parks and recreation areas, roads, schools, utility lines, water supplies or
				other public facilities that may be acquired, relocated or removed by the
				anticipated surface mining operations. The operator shall identify the public
				roads over which coal mined from the proposed surface mining operation shall be
				transported after leaving the permitted area, the estimated number of
				truckloads of coal or refuse materials to be transported daily on these roads,
				the estimated truck schedule of this transportation activity, and any rerouting
				of traffic anticipated to be caused by this transportation activity;
				and
4.3.m. Maps of the area within
				1,000 feet from the permit or proposed permit area prepared from United States
				Geological Survey topographic maps, or maps determined to be as accurate by the
				office, on 7.5 minute quadrangle depicting permit boundaries, property
				boundaries, property ownership interests, structures, roads, and other
				information required to be filed with the community impact statement. Such maps
				shall have a preferred scale of 500 feet to one inch and shall be submitted on
				print paper 30 inches by 42 inches or less. If supplementary maps or plans are
				attached, match lines shall be used.