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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 53. Permanent Program Performance Standards: Coal Preparation Plants Not Located Within the Permit Area of a Mine |
SECTION 460:20-53-3. Coal processing plants: performance standards
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- Construction, operation, maintenance, modification, reclamation, and removal activities at operations covered by this Subchapter shall comply with the following:(1) Signs and markers for the coal processing plant, coal processing waste disposal area, and water treatment facilities shall comply with Section 460:20-43-3.(2) Roads, transport, and associated structures shall be constructed, maintained, and reclaimed in accordance with Sections 460:20-43-52 through 460:20-43-55.(3) Any stream or channel realignment shall comply with Section 460:20-43-10.(4) Any disturbed area related to the coal processing plant, or associated facilities shall have sediment control structures in compliance with Sections 460:20-43-11 and 460:20-43-12, and all discharges from these areas shall meet the requirements of Section 460:20-43-8 through 460:20-43-9 and any other applicable State or Federal law.(5) Permanent impoundments associated with coal processing plants shall meet the requirements of Sections 460:20-43-14 and 460:20-43-15. Dams constructed of or impounding coal processing waste shall comply with Sections 460:20-43-31.(6) Use of water wells shall comply with Section 460:20-43-8(g) and (h).(7) Disposal of coal processing waste solid waste, and any excavated materials shall comply with Sections 460:20-43-29, 460:20-43-30, 460:20-43-32, and 460:20-43-33 and 460:20-43-24 through 460:20-43-27 respectively.(8) Discharge structures for diversions and sediment control structures shall comply with Section 460:20-43-13.(9) Fish, wildlife and related environmental values shall be protected in accordance with Section 460:20-43-35.(10) Slide areas and other surface areas shall comply with Section 460:20-43-36.(11) Adverse effects upon or resulting from nearby underground coal mining activities shall be minimized by appropriate measures including but not limited to compliance with Section 460:20-43-28.(12) Reclamation shall include proper topsoil handling procedures, revegetation, and abandonment, in accordance with Sections 460:20-43-7, 460:20-43-37 through 460:20-43-41, 460:20-43-43 through 460:20-43-46, and 460:20-43-51.(13) Conveyors, buildings, storage bins or stockpiles, water treatment facilities, water storage facilities, and any structure or system related to the coal processing plant shall comply with Subchapter 43 of this Chapter.(14) Any coal process plant or associated structures located on prime farmland shall meet the requirements of Subchapter 49 of this Chapter.(15) Erosion and air pollution attendant to erosion shall be controlled in accordance with Section 460:20-43-34 of these Regulations.(16) Support facilities related to the coal preparation plant shall comply with 460:20-43-55 of these Regulations.(17) Cessation of operations shall be in accordance with Sections 460:20-43-49 and 460:20-43-50 of these Regulations.