West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 145 - Development Office › Title 145 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Series 145-08 - Community Development Assessment And Real Property Valuation Procedures For Office Of Coalfield Development › Section 145-8-4 - 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. 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.k. 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.
4.3.l. 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.