Chapter 130. Coal Surface Mining Reclamation RegulationsRead Chapter
- Part 700.Read allGeneral
- Section 700.1
- Scope
- Section 700.2
- Authority and citation to federal law
- Section 700.3
- Effective date
- Section 700.5
- Definitions
- Section 700.11
- Applicability
- Section 700.12
- Petitions to initiate rule making
- Section 700.14
- Availability of records
- Section 700.15
- Computation of time
- Part 701.Read allPermanent Regulatory Program Applicability
- Section 701.11
- Applicability
- Part 702.Read allExemption for Coal Extraction Incidental to the Extraction of Other Minerals
- Section 702.5
- Definitions
- Section 702.11
- Application requirements and procedures
- Section 702.12
- Contents of application for exemption
- Section 702.13
- Public availability of information
- Section 702.14
- Requirements for exemption
- Section 702.15
- Conditions of exemption and right of inspection and entry
- Section 702.16
- Stockpiling of minerals
- Section 702.17
- Revocation and enforcement
- Section 702.18
- Reporting requirements
- Part 705.Read allRestrictions on Financial Interests of State Employees
- Section 705.4
- Responsibility
- Section 705.11
- Who shall file
- Section 705.13
- When to file
- Section 705.15
- Where to file
- Section 705.17
- What to report
- Section 705.19
- Resolving prohibited interests
- Section 705.21
- Appeals procedures
- Section 705.22
- Penalties for failure to file disclosure statements
- Section 705.23
- Other state and local government agencies
- Section 705.24
- Confidentiality and access to disclosure statements
- Section 705.25
- Gifts and gratuities
- Part 707.Read allExemption for Coal Extraction Incident to Government-Financed Highway Or Other Construction
- Section 707.11
- Applicability
- Section 707.12
- Information to be maintained on site
- Part 740.Read allGeneral Requirements for Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations on Federal Lands
- Section 740.1
- Scope and purpose
- Section 740.4
- Responsibilities
- Section 740.11
- Applicability
- Section 740.13
- Permits
- Section 740.15
- Bonds on federal lands
- Section 740.17
- Inspection, enforcement and civil penalties
- Section 740.19
- Performance standards
- Part 761.Read allAreas Designated by Act of Congress
- Section 761.1
- Scope
- Section 761.3
- Authority
- Section 761.11
- Areas where mining is prohibited or limited
- Section 761.12
- Procedures
- Section 761.13
- Exception for existing operations
- Section 761.16
- Submission and processing of requests for valid existing rights determinations
- Part 762.Read allCriteria for Designating Areas as Unsuitable for Surface Coal Mining Operations
- Section 762.1
- Scope and responsibility
- Section 762.11
- Criteria for designating lands as unsuitable
- Section 762.13
- Land exempt from designation as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations
- Section 762.14
- Exploration on land designated as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations
- Part 764.Read allProcedures for Designating Areas Unsuitable for Surface Coal Mining Operations
- Section 764.11
- General process requirements
- Section 764.13
- Petitions
- Section 764.15
- Initial processing, recordkeeping, and notification requirements
- Section 764.17
- Hearing requirements
- Section 764.19
- Decision
- Section 764.21
- Data base and inventory system requirements
- Section 764.23
- Public information
- Section 764.25
- Responsibility for implementation
- Part 772.Read allRequirements for Coal Exploration
- Section 772.1
- Scope and purpose
- Section 772.11
- Notice requirements for exploration removing 250 tons of coal or less
- Section 772.12
- Permit requirements for exploration removing more than 250 tons of coal, or occurring on lands designated as unsuitable for surface coal mining ...
- Section 772.13
- Coal exploration compliance duties
- Section 772.14
- Commercial use or sale
- Section 772.15
- Public availability of information
- Part 773.Read allRequirements for Permits and Permit Processing
- Section 773.1
- Scope and purpose
- Section 773.11
- Requirements to obtain permits
- Section 773.12
- Regulatory coordination with other agencies
- Section 773.13
- Public participation in permit processing
- Section 773.15
- Review of permit applications
- Section 773.16
- Criteria for permit approval or denial; existing structures
- Section 773.17
- Permit conditions
- Section 773.19
- Permit issuance and right of renewal
- Section 773.20
- Improvidently issued permits; general procedures
- Section 773.21
- Improvidently issued permits; rescission procedures
- Part 774.Read allReview; Revision; Renewal; and Transfer, Assignment, or Sale of Permit Rights
- Section 774.1
- Scope and purpose
- Section 774.11
- Division review of permits
- Section 774.12
- Post-permit issuance requirements
- Section 774.13
- Permit revisions
- Section 774.15
- Permit renewals
- Section 774.17
- Transfer, assignment, or sale of permit rights
- Part 775.Read allAdministrative and Judicial Review of Decisions
- Section 775.11
- Administrative review
- Section 775.13
- Judicial review
- Part 777.Read allGeneral Content Requirements for Permit Applications
- Section 777.1
- Scope
- Section 777.11
- Format and contents
- Section 777.12
- Preapplication conference
- Section 777.13
- Reporting of technical data
- Section 777.14
- Maps and plans; general requirements
- Section 777.15
- Completeness
- Section 777.17
- Permit fees
- Part 778.Read allPermit Applications-Minimum Requirements for Legal, Financial, Compliance, and Related Information
- Section 778.1
- Scope and purpose
- Section 778.13
- Identification of interests
- Section 778.14
- Violation information
- Section 778.15
- Right-of-entry information
- Section 778.16
- Status of unsuitability claims
- Section 778.17
- Permit term
- Section 778.18
- Insurance
- Section 778.21
- Proof of publication
- Section 778.22
- Facilities or structures used in common
- Part 779.Read allSurface Mining Permit Applications-Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources
- Section 779.4
- Responsibilities
- Section 779.11
- General requirements
- Section 779.12
- General environmental resources information
- Section 779.18
- Climatological information
- Section 779.19
- Vegetation information
- Section 779.21
- Soil resources information
- Section 779.22
- [Repealed]
- Section 779.24
- Maps; general requirements
- Section 779.25
- Cross sections, maps and plans
- Part 780.Read allSurface Mining Permit Applications—Minimum Requirements for Reclamation and Operation Plan
- Section 780.4
- Responsibilities
- Section 780.11
- Operation plan; general requirements
- Section 780.12
- Operation plan; existing structures
- Section 780.13
- Operation plan; blasting
- Section 780.14
- Operation plan; maps and plans
- Section 780.16
- Fish and wildlife information
- Section 780.18
- Reclamation plan; general requirements
- Section 780.21
- Hydrologic information
- Section 780.22
- Geologic information
- Section 780.23
- Reclamation plan; land use information
- Section 780.25
- Reclamation plan; siltation structures, impoundments, banks, dams, and embankments
- Section 780.27
- Reclamation plan; surface mining near underground mining
- Section 780.29
- Diversions
- Section 780.31
- Protection of public parks and historic places
- Section 780.33
- Relocation or use of public roads
- Section 780.35
- Disposal of excess spoil
- Section 780.37
- Road systems
- Section 780.38
- Support facilities
- Part 783.Read allUnderground Mining Permit Applications—Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources
- Section 783.4
- Responsibilities
- Section 783.11
- General requirements
- Section 783.12
- General environmental resources information
- Section 783.18
- Climatological information
- Section 783.19
- Vegetation information
- Section 783.21
- Soil resources information
- Section 783.22
- Land-use information
- Section 783.24
- Maps; general requirements
- Section 783.25
- Cross sections, maps and plans
- Part 784.Read allUnderground Mining Permit Applications—Minimum Requirements for Reclamation and Operation Plan
- Section 784.4
- Responsibilities
- Section 784.11
- Operation plan; general requirements
- Section 784.12
- Operation plan; existing structures
- Section 784.13
- Reclamation plan; general requirements
- Section 784.14
- Hydrologic information
- Section 784.15
- Reclamation plan; land use information
- Section 784.16
- Reclamation plan; siltation structures, impoundments, banks, dams, and embankments
- Section 784.17
- Protection of public parks and historic places
- Section 784.18
- Relocation or use of public roads
- Section 784.19
- Underground development waste
- Section 784.20
- Subsidence control plan
- Section 784.21
- Fish and wildlife information
- Section 784.22
- Geologic information
- Section 784.23
- Operation plan; maps and plans
- Section 784.24
- Road systems
- Section 784.25
- Return of coal processing waste to abandoned underground workings
- Section 784.29
- Diversions
- Section 784.30
- Support facilities
- Part 785.Read allRequirements for Permits for Special Categories of Mining
- Section 785.1
- Scope
- Section 785.13
- Experimental practices mining
- Section 785.14
- Mountaintop removal mining
- Section 785.15
- Steep slope mining
- Section 785.16
- Permits incorporating variances from approximate original contour restoration requirements for steep slope mining
- Section 785.17
- Prime farmland
- Section 785.18
- Variances for delay in contemporaneous reclamation requirement in combined surface and underground mining activities
- Section 785.19
- Remining areas with pollution discharges
- Section 785.20
- Augering
- Section 785.21
- Coal preparation plants not located within the permit area of a mine
- Section 785.22
- In situ processing activities
- Section 785.25
- Lands eligible for remining
- Part 789.Read allProcedures Applicable to Administrative Hearing
- Section 789.1
- Petition for award of costs and expenses under § 45.2-1025 of the Act
- Section 789.2
- Intervention
- Part 790.Read allInitiation of Citizen Suits
- Section 790.1
- Purpose
- Section 790.11
- Service of notice
- Section 790.12
- Contents of notice
- Part 795.Read allSmall Operator Assistance Program
- Section 795.1
- Scope and purpose
- Section 795.6
- Eligibility for assistance
- Section 795.7
- Filing for assistance
- Section 795.8
- Application approval and notice
- Section 795.9
- Program services and data requirements
- Section 795.10
- Qualified laboratories
- Section 795.11
- Assistance funding
- Section 795.12
- Applicant liability
- Part 800.Read allRequirements for Bonding of Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations
- Section 800.11
- Requirement to file a bond
- Section 800.12
- Form of the performance bond
- Section 800.13
- Period of liability
- Section 800.14
- Determination of bond amount
- Section 800.15
- Adjustment of amount
- Section 800.16
- General terms and conditions of bond
- Section 800.17
- Bonding requirements for underground coal mines and long-term coal-related surface facilities and structures
- Section 800.20
- Surety bonds
- Section 800.21
- Collateral bonds
- Section 800.23
- Escrow bonding
- Section 800.24
- Combined surety/escrow bonding
- Section 800.30
- Replacement of bonds
- Section 800.40
- Requirements to release performance bonds
- Section 800.50
- Forfeiture of bonds
- Section 800.51
- Administrative review of performance bond forfeiture
- Section 800.52
- Bond forfeiture reinstatement procedures
- Section 800.60
- Terms and conditions for liability insurance
- Part 801.Read allCoal Surface Mining Reclamation Fund, Penalties, and Self-Bonding
- Section 801.2
- Scope
- Section 801.4
- Objective
- Section 801.11
- Participation in the pool bond fund
- Section 801.12
- Entrance fee and bond
- Section 801.13
- Self-bonding
- Section 801.14
- Reclamation tax
- Section 801.15
- Collection of the reclamation tax and penalties for non-payment
- Section 801.16
- Reinstatement to the pool bond fund
- Section 801.17
- Bond release application
- Section 801.18
- Criteria for release of bond
- Section 801.19
- Forfeiture
- Part 815.Read allPermanent Program Performance Standards—Coal Exploration
- Section 815.1
- Scope and purpose
- Section 815.2
- Permitting information
- Section 815.13
- Required documents
- Section 815.15
- Performance standards for coal exploration
- Part 816.Read allPermanent Program Performance Standards—Surface Mining Activities
- Section 816.11
- Signs and markers
- Section 816.13
- Casing and sealing of drilled holes; general requirements
- Section 816.14
- Casing and sealing of drilled holes; temporary
- Section 816.15
- Casing and sealing of drilled holes; permanent
- Section 816.22
- Topsoil and subsoil
- Section 816.41
- Hydrologic-balance protection
- Section 816.42
- Hydrologic balance; water quality standards and effluent limitations
- Section 816.43
- Diversions
- Section 816.45
- Hydrologic balance; sediment control measures
- Section 816.46
- Hydrologic balance; siltation structures
- Section 816.47
- Hydrologic balance; discharge structures
- Section 816.49
- Impoundments
- Section 816.56
- Postmining rehabilitation of sedimentation ponds, diversions, impoundments, and treatment facilities
- Section 816.57
- Hydrologic balance; stream buffer zones
- Section 816.59
- Coal recovery
- Section 816.61
- Use of explosives; general requirements
- Section 816.62
- Use of explosives; preblasting survey
- Section 816.64
- Use of explosives; blasting schedule
- Section 816.66
- Use of explosives; blasting signs, warnings, and access control
- Section 816.67
- Use of explosives; control of adverse effects
- Section 816.68
- Use of explosives; records of blasting operations
- Section 816.71
- Disposal of excess spoil; general requirements
- Section 816.72
- Disposal of excess spoil; valley fills/head-of-hollow fills
- Section 816.73
- Disposal of excess spoil; durable rock fills
- Section 816.74
- Disposal of excess spoil; preexisting benches
- Section 816.75
- Disposal of excess spoil; zoned concept
- Section 816.76
- Disposal of excess spoil; incidental reclamation
- Section 816.79
- Protection of underground mining
- Section 816.81
- Coal mine waste; general requirements
- Section 816.83
- Coal mine waste; refuse piles
- Section 816.84
- Coal mine waste; impounding structures
- Section 816.87
- Coal mine waste; burning and burned waste utilization
- Section 816.89
- Disposal of noncoal mine wastes
- Section 816.95
- Stabilization of surface areas
- Section 816.97
- Protection of fish, wildlife, and related environmental values
- Section 816.99
- Slides and other damage
- Section 816.100
- Contemporaneous reclamation
- Section 816.102
- Backfilling and grading; general requirements
- Section 816.104
- Backfilling and grading; thin overburden
- Section 816.105
- Backfilling and grading; thick overburden
- Section 816.106
- Backfilling and grading; previously mined areas
- Section 816.107
- Backfilling and grading; steep slopes
- Section 816.111
- Revegetation; general requirements
- Section 816.113
- Revegetation; timing
- Section 816.114
- Revegetation; mulching and other soil stabilizing practices
- Section 816.116
- Revegetation; standards for success
- Section 816.131
- Cessation of operations; temporary
- Section 816.132
- Cessation of operations; permanent
- Section 816.133
- Postmining land use
- Section 816.150
- Roads; general
- Section 816.151
- Primary roads
- Section 816.152
- Existing roads
- Section 816.180
- Utility installations
- Section 816.181
- Support facilities
- Part 817.Read allPermanent Program Performance Standards—Underground Mining Activities
- Section 817.11
- Signs and markers
- Section 817.13
- Casing and sealing of exposed underground openings; general requirements
- Section 817.14
- Casing and sealing of underground openings; temporary
- Section 817.15
- Casing and sealing of underground openings; permanent
- Section 817.22
- Topsoil and subsoil
- Section 817.41
- Hydrologic-balance protection
- Section 817.42
- Hydrologic balance; water quality standards and effluent limitations
- Section 817.43
- Diversions
- Section 817.45
- Hydrologic balance; sediment control measures
- Section 817.46
- Hydrologic balance; siltation structures
- Section 817.47
- Hydrologic balance; discharge structures
- Section 817.49
- Impoundments
- Section 817.56
- Postmining rehabilitation of sedimentation ponds, diversions, impoundments, and treatment facilities
- Section 817.57
- Hydrologic balance; stream buffer zones
- Section 817.59
- Coal recovery
- Section 817.61
- Use of explosives; general requirements
- Section 817.62
- Use of explosives; preblasting survey
- Section 817.64
- Use of explosives; general performance standards
- Section 817.66
- Use of explosives; blasting signs, warnings, and access control
- Section 817.67
- Use of explosives; control of adverse effects
- Section 817.68
- Use of explosives; records of blasting operations
- Section 817.71
- Disposal of excess spoil; general requirements
- Section 817.72
- Disposal of excess spoil; valley fills/head-of-hollow fills
- Section 817.73
- Disposal of excess spoil; durable rock fills
- Section 817.74
- Disposal of excess spoil; preexisting benches
- Section 817.75
- Disposal of excess spoil; zoned concept
- Section 817.76
- Disposal of excess spoil; incidental reclamation
- Section 817.81
- Coal mine waste; general requirements
- Section 817.83
- Coal mine waste; refuse piles
- Section 817.84
- Coal mine waste; impounding structures
- Section 817.87
- Coal mine waste; burning and burned waste utilization
- Section 817.89
- Disposal of noncoal mine wastes
- Section 817.95
- Stabilization of surface areas
- Section 817.97
- Protection of fish, wildlife, and related environmental values
- Section 817.99
- Slides and other damage
- Section 817.100
- Contemporaneous reclamation
- Section 817.102
- Backfilling and grading; general requirements
- Section 817.106
- Backfilling and grading; previously mined areas
- Section 817.107
- Backfilling and grading; steep slopes
- Section 817.111
- Revegetation; general requirements
- Section 817.113
- Revegetation; timing
- Section 817.114
- Revegetation; mulching and other soil stabilizing practices
- Section 817.116
- Revegetation; standards for success
- Section 817.121
- Subsidence control
- Section 817.122
- Subsidence control; notice
- Section 817.131
- Cessation of operations; temporary
- Section 817.132
- Cessation of operations; permanent
- Section 817.133
- Postmining land use
- Section 817.150
- Roads; general
- Section 817.151
- Primary roads
- Section 817.152
- Existing roads
- Section 817.180
- Utility installations
- Section 817.181
- Support facilities
- Part 819.Read allSpecial Permanent Program Performance Standards—Auger Mining
- Section 819.1
- Scope
- Section 819.11
- Auger mining; general
- Section 819.13
- Auger mining; coal recovery
- Section 819.15
- Auger mining; hydrologic balance
- Section 819.17
- Auger mining; subsidence protection
- Section 819.19
- Auger mining; backfilling and grading
- Section 819.21
- Auger mining; protection of underground mining
- Part 823.Read allSpecial Permanent Program Performance Standards—Operations on Prime Farmland
- Section 823.1
- Scope and purpose
- Section 823.4
- Responsibilities
- Section 823.11
- Applicability
- Section 823.12
- Soil removal and stockpiling
- Section 823.14
- Soil replacement
- Section 823.15
- Revegetation and restoration of soil productivity
- Part 824.Read allSpecial Permanent Program Performance Standards—Mountaintop Removal
- Section 824.2
- Objectives
- Section 824.11
- Mountaintop removal; performance standards
- Part 825.Read allSpecial Permanent Program Performance Standards—Remining Areas with Pollutional Discharges
- Section 825.11
- Operational requirements
- Section 825.12
- Treatment of discharges
- Section 825.13
- Request for bond release
- Section 825.14
- Criteria and schedule for release of bonds on pollution abatement areas
- Part 827.Read allPermanent Program Performance Standards—Coal Preparation Plants Not Located Within the Permit Area of a Mine
- Section 827.1
- Scope
- Section 827.11
- General requirements
- Section 827.12
- Coal preparation plants; performance standards
- Part 828.Read allSpecial Permanent Program Performance Standards—In Situ Processing
- Section 828.2
- Objectives
- Section 828.11
- In situ processing; performance standards
- Section 828.12
- In situ processing; monitoring
- Part 840.Read allInspection and Enforcement—General
- Section 840.11
- Inspections by the division
- Section 840.12
- Right of entry
- Section 840.14
- Availability of records
- Section 840.16
- Compliance conference
- Part 842.Read allInspections
- Section 842.11
- Immediate inspections
- Section 842.12
- Citizens' requests for inspections
- Section 842.14
- Review of adequacy and completeness of inspections
- Section 842.15
- Review of decision not to inspect or enforce
- Part 843.Read allEnforcement Procedures
- Section 843.11
- Cessation orders
- Section 843.12
- Notices of violation
- Section 843.13
- Suspension or revocation of permits; pattern of violations
- Section 843.14
- Service of notices of violation, cessation orders, and show cause orders
- Section 843.15
- Informal public hearing
- Section 843.16
- Formal review of citations
- Section 843.18
- Inability to comply
- Part 845.Read allCivil Penalties
- Section 845.2
- Objective
- Section 845.11
- Assessment determination
- Section 845.12
- When a penalty will be assessed
- Section 845.13
- Point system
- Section 845.15
- Assessment of separate violations for each day
- Section 845.16
- Waiver of use of formula to determine civil penalty
- Section 845.17
- Procedures for assessment of civil penalties
- Section 845.18
- Procedures for assessment conference
- Section 845.19
- Request for hearing
- Section 845.20
- Final assessment and payment of penalty
- Part 846.Read allIndividual Civil Penalties
- Section 846.2
- [Repealed]
- Section 846.12
- When an individual civil penalty may be assessed
- Section 846.14
- Amount of the individual civil penalty
- Section 846.17
- Assessment of an individual civil penalty
- Section 846.18
- Penalty payment
- Part 850.Read allTraining, Examination, and Certification of Blasters
- Section 850.1
- Scope
- Section 850.5
- Definition
- Section 850.12
- Effective date
- Section 850.13
- Training
- Section 850.14
- Examination
- Section 850.15
- Certification
- Part 874.Read allGeneral Reclamation Requirements
- Section 874.12
- Eligible coal lands and water
- Section 874.13
- Reclamation objectives and priorities
- Part 877.Read allRights of Entry
- Section 877.11
- Written consent for entry
- Section 877.13
- Entry and consent to reclaim
- Section 877.14
- Entry for emergency reclamation
- Part 879.Read allAcquisition, Management, and Disposition of Lands and Water
- Section 879.11
- Land eligible for acquisition
- Section 879.12
- Procedures for acquisition
- Section 879.13
- Acceptance of gifts of land
- Section 879.14
- Management of acquired land
- Section 879.15
- Disposition of reclaimed land
- Part 882.Read allReclamation on Private Land
- Section 882.12
- Appraisals
- Section 882.13
- Liens
- Section 882.14
- Satisfaction of liens