- a) This Part comprises the Small Operator Assistance Program (SOAP) and establishes the procedures for providing assistance to eligible operators by the program administrator.
- b) The purpose of the program is to provide for eligible operators a determination of probable hydrologic consequences including the engineering analysis and designs necessary for the determination; cross-sections, maps and plans; geologic drilling and statement of results of test borings and samplings; archaeological and historical information collection and relevant plan preparation; pre-blast surveys and pre-blast survey reports; and site specific resource information collection and relevant plan preparation, which are required components of the permit application under 62 Ill. Adm. Code 1772 through 1785.
(Source: Amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 2124, effective January 19, 1996)