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.
Amended at 12 Ok Reg 3592, eff 10-12-95