Each application must contain a detailed description of the proposed mining operations, including:

1. A narrative of mining procedures and engineering techniques, anticipated annual and total coal production, and major equipment.

2. A plan stating the anticipated or actual starting and termination date of each phase of mining activities and the amount of land to be affected for each phase over the life of the permit.

3. A narrative for each operations plan explaining the plan in detail and the construction, modification, use, and maintenance of each mine facility, water and air pollution control facilities or structures, transportation and coal handling facilities, and other structures required for implementing the plans.

4. A plan for each support facility to be constructed, used, or maintained within the permit area, including maps, appropriate cross sections, design drawings, and specifications of each facility sufficient to demonstrate compliance with section 69-05.2-24-08 or 69-05.2-24-09 as applicable.

5. If coal removal areas are proposed within five hundred feet [152.40 meters] of any farm building, the applicant must provide documentation showing compliance or plans to comply with North Dakota Century Code section 38-18-07.

History: Effective August 1, 1980; amended effective May 1, 1990; May 1, 1992; June 1, 1994; March 1, 2004.