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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 460. Department of Mines |
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Chapter 20. The Permanent Regulations Governing the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 |
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Subchapter 25. Surface Mining Permit Applications: Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources |
SECTION 460:20-25-11. Cross sections, maps, and plans
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- (1) Elevations and locations of test borings and core samplings;(2) Elevations and locations of monitoring stations used to gather data for water quality and quantity, fish and wildlife, and air quality, if required, in preparation of the application;(3) Nature, depth, and thickness of the coal seams to be mined, any coal or rider seams above the seam to be mined, each stratum of the over burden, and the stratum immediately below the lowest coal seam to be mined;(4) All coal crop lines and the strike and dip of the coal to be mined within the proposed permit area;(5) Location and extent of known workings of active, inactive, or abandoned underground mines, including mine openings to the surface within the proposed permit and adjacent areas;(6) Location and extent of subsurface water, if encountered, within the proposed permit or adjacent areas;(7) Location of surface water bodies such as streams, lakes, ponds, springs, constructed or natural drains, and irrigation ditches within the proposed permit and adjacent areas;(8) Location and extent of existing or previously surface- mined areas within the proposed permit area;(9) Location and dimensions of existing areas of spoil, waste, and noncoal waste disposal, dams, embankments, other impoundments, and water treatment and air pollution control facilities within the proposed permit area;(10) Location, and depth if available, of gas and oil wells within the proposed permit area and water wells in the permit area and adjacent area;(b) Cross sections, maps, and plans included in a permit application as required by this Section shall be prepared by, or under the direction of, and certified by a qualified, registered, professional engineer, a professional geologist, a qualified registered, professional land surveyor, with assistance from expects in related fields such as landscape architecture, and shall be updated as required by the Department.