2016-02-25_PERMIT FILE - C1982056A ‎(4)‎

• Permit No: C1982056A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 2/25/2016
• Section_Exhibit Name: 2.06 Special Categories of Mining
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

~) (a) No permit or permit revision application for surface coal minine and reclamation operations shall
be approved by the Division or Board unless the application demonstrates and the Division or Board finds in
writin>;, on the basis of information set forth in the application, that the proposed surface coal minine operation
would:
(i) Not interrupt, discontinue, or preclude farmine on alluvial valley
floors [hat are irrieated or naturally subirrieated excludine wtdeveloped raneeland which are not significant to
fannine nn said alluvial valley floors and those lands upon which [he Division or Board finds that the farmirt~
which will be interrupted, discontinued, or precluded is of such small acreage as to be of neeligible impact to the
farm's aericularral production;
(ii) No[ materially damage the Quantity or quality of water in surface or
eround water systems that supply those alluvial valley Floors described in 2.06.8(5)(a)(i)gbove: and
(iii) Comply with the requirements of 4.24 and other applicable
requirements of the Act and the reeula[ions with respect to alluvial valley Floors.
{b) (i) The requirements of 2.06.8(5)(a)(i) and (ii) above shall not apply to
any surface coal minine, and reclamation operation which, in [he year precedine Aueust 13, 1977, either:
or adiacent to alluvial valley floors; or
(A) Produced coal in commercial quantities attd was located within
(B) Obtained specific permit approval [o conduct surface coal
minine and reclamation operations within an alluvial valley floor.
(ii) For surface coal minine and reclamation operations, which satisfy [he
requirements of 2.06.8(5)(b)(i) above, the eeoeraphic extent of lands elieible for such exemption shall be limited to:
(A) For surface coal minine activities, those lands which were
identi5ed in a reclamation plan approved by the Board prior to AUQnSt 3, 1977; or
(B) For underground mining activities, the actual extent of the mine
workine on Aueust 3, 1977 attd adiacent lands for which there existing substantial demonstrable financial or
re~ula[orv commitrnent to Qeo;?raphic extent shall be made by [he Division on a case-by-case basis using all
available information.
(c) Criteria for detetminine whether a surface coal minine operation will
materially damage the quantity or quality of waters include, but are not limited to:
(i) Probable increases in specific conductance of waters supplied to an
alluvial valley floor to levels above the threshold value at which crop yields on the alluvial valley floor decrease.
(A) Salt tolerance threshold values shall be based on applicable
published research or testing specific to the situation, as approved by dte Division.
{B) Probable increases iit specific conductance of water supplied to
an alluvial valley Floor shall not exceed the salt tolerance dueshold value of env crop grown on [he alluvial valley
floor unless the applicant demonstrates that the proicctcd decrease in productivity is neglieible to the production of
one or more farms.

Permit Renewal No.3 2.06-14 3/5/99