2013-10-08_PERMIT FILE - C1982056A ‎(4)‎

• Permit No: C1982056A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 10/8/2013
• Section_Exhibit Name: 2.04 Environmental Resources
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

(i) Nature, depth, and thickness of the coal seams to be mined, any coal or rider
seams above the seam to be mined, each stratum of the overburden, and the stratum immediately below the
• lowest coal seam to be mined;
coal to be mined;
(ii) The proposed permit area, including coal outcrops and the strike and dip of the
(b) (i) Test borings or core samples from the proposed permit area shall be collected and
analyzed down to and including either the stratum immediately below the lowest coal seam to be mined or any
aquifer below the lowest coal seam to be mined which may be adversely affected by mining, whichever is deeper, in
order to provide the following data in the description:
(A) Location of subsurface water zones, if encountered;
(B) Logs of drill holes, test borings or other sampling methods
as approved by the Division showing the lithologic characteristics and thickness of each stratum and each coal
seam;
(C) Physical properties of each stratum within the overburden
and interburden including texture, overall swell, and other information sufficient to determine compatibility,
erodability and an overall estimate of overburden and interburden swell;
(D) Chemical analysis of each stratum within the overburden
and interburden and either the stratum immediately below the lowest coal seam to be mined or any aquifer
below the lowest coal seam to be mined which may be adversely affected by mining, whichever is deeper, to
identify, at a minimum, those horizons which contain potential acid - forming, toxic - forming, or
• alkalinity-producing materials; and
(E) Analyses of the coal seam, including, but not limited to, an
analysis of the sulfur, pyrite, and marcasite content.
(ii) Borehole spacing and physical and chemical analyses of core
samples shall be determined in consultation with the Division.
(iii) If required by the Division, test borings, core samplings or
samples obtained by other methods approved by the Division shall be collected and analyzed to greater depths
within the proposed permit area, or for areas outside the proposed permit area to provide for evaluation of the
impact of the proposed activities on the hydrologic balance.
(iv) An applicant may request that the requirement for a statement of
the results of the test borings or core samples be waived by the Division. The waiver may be granted only if the
Division makes a written determination that the statement is unnecessary because other equivalent information
is accessible to it in a satisfactory form. The source(s) of such equivalent information shall be referenced in the
Division's written determination and the information itself shall be made readily accessible by the Division for
public review as required by 1.08 if such information has not been determined to be of a confidential nature in
accordance with 2.02.7 and 2.07.5.
PR09 -08 2.04 -12.1 04/10/09