§ 780.11 - Operation plan: General requirements.

§ 780.11 What must I include in the description of my proposed operations?

Your application must

Operation plan: General requirements.

Each application shall contain a description of the mining operations that you propose to conduct proposed to be conducted during the life of the mine within the proposed permit area, including, at a minimum, the following:

(a) A narrative description of the -

(1) Type

type and method of coal mining procedures and proposed engineering techniques

. (2) Anticipated

, anticipated annual and total

number

production of

tons of coal to be produced. (3) Major

coal, by tonnage, and the major equipment to be used for all aspects of

the proposed

those operations

.

; and

(b) A narrative explaining the construction, modification, use, maintenance, and removal of the following facilities (unless you can satisfactorily explain why retention retention of such facilities is necessary or appropriate for the postmining land use as specified in the application under § 780.24 of this part) of the following facilities816.133):

(1) Dams, embankments, and other impoundments. ;

(2) Overburden and soil topsoil handling and storage areas and structures. ;

(3) Coal removal, handling, storage, cleaning, and transportation areas and structures. ;

(4) Spoil, coal processing waste, and noncoal mine non-coal waste removal, handling, storage, transportation, and disposal areas and structures. ;

(5) Mine facilities. ; and

(6) Water and air pollution control facilities.

[44 FR 15357, Mar. 13, 1979, as amended at 45 FR 51550, Aug. 4, 1980; 81 FR 93330, Dec. 20, 2016; 82 FR 54949, Nov. 17, 2017]