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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> <br /> iii Revision Date: 4/28/22 <br /> Revision No.: TR-154 <br />4.05.6 Sedimentation Ponds .............................................................................................................. 5  <br />4.05.7 Discharge Structures .............................................................................................................. 7  <br />4.05.8 Acid-forming and Toxic-Forming Spoil ................................................................................ 7  <br />4.05.9 Post-Mining Impoundments ................................................................................................... 7  <br />4.05.10 Underground Mine Entry and Access Discharges ................................................................. 7  <br />4.05.11 Groundwater Protection ......................................................................................................... 7  <br />4.05.12 Protection of Groundwater Recharge Capacity ...................................................................... 7  <br />4.05.13 Surface and Groundwater Monitoring.................................................................................... 8  <br />4.05.14 Transfer of Wells ........................................................................................................................... 12  <br />4.05.15  Water Rights and Replacment ............................................................................................. 12  <br />4.05.16  Dischrage of Water into an Underground Mine .................................................................. 12  <br />4.05.17  Postmining and Rehabilitation of Sediment Pond, Diversions, Impoundments, and <br />Treatment Facilities .................................................................................................................................... 12  <br />4.05.18 Stream Buffer Zones ............................................................................................................ 12  <br />4.06  TOPSOIL ............................................................................................................................ 13  <br />4.07  SEALING OF DRILLED HOLES AND UNDERGROUND OPENINGS ....................... 13  <br />4.08  USE OF EXPLOSIVES ...................................................................................................... 14  <br />4.08.2 Pre-Blast Survey .................................................................................................................. 14  <br />4.09  DISPOSAL OF EXCESS SPOIL ........................................................................................ 14  <br />4.10 – 4.12 COAL MINE WASTE BANKS, COAL MINE WASTE, SLIDES AND OTHER <br />DAMAGE 16  <br />4.13  CONTEMPORANEOUS RECLAMATION ...................................................................... 16  <br />4.14  BACKFILLING AND GRADING ..................................................................................... 17  <br />4.14.1 General Requirements .......................................................................................................... 17  <br />4.14.2 General Grading Requirements ............................................................................................ 18  <br />4.14.3  Covering Coal and Acid and Toxic Forming Materials ....................................................... 18  <br />4.14.4 Thin Overburden .................................................................................................................. 18  <br />4.14.5  Thick Overburden ................................................................................................................ 18  <br />4.14.6 Re-grading or Stabilizing Rills and Gullies ......................................................................... 18  <br />4.15 REVEGETATION REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................... 18  <br />4.16 POSTMINING LAND USE ................................................................................................ 18  <br />4.16.1 General ................................................................................................................................. 18  <br />4.17 AIR RESOURCES PROTECTION ..................................................................................... 18  <br />4.18 PROTECTION OF FISH, WILDLIFE, AND RELATED VALUES .................................. 18  <br />4.19 PROTECTION OF UNDERGROUND MINING ............................................................... 20  <br />4.20 SUBSIDENCE CONTROL ................................................................................................. 20  <br />4.21 COAL EXPLORATION ...................................................................................................... 20  <br />4.22 CONCURRENT SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND MINING ...................................... 20  <br />4.23 AUGER AND HIGHWALL MINING ................................................................................ 20  <br />4.24 OPERATIONS IN ALLUVIAL VALLEY FLOORS ......................................................... 20  <br />4.23 AUGER AND HIGHWALL MINING ................................................................................ 20  <br />4.23.1 Scope 20  <br />4.23.2 Performance Standards .................................................................................................................... 21  <br />4.23.2(1) Undisturbed Areas of Coal Shall be Left in Unmined Sections .................................................. 21  <br />4.23.2(2) Abandoned or Active Underground Mine Workings .................................................................. 21  <br />4.23.2(3) Contemporaneous Surface and Auger (Highwall) Mining .......................................................... 21  <br />4.23.2(4) Prevention of Pollution of Surface and Ground Water and Fire Hazards ................................... 21  <br />4.23.2(5) Holes Not Need to be Plugged .................................................................................................... 22  <br />4.23.2(6) Division Shall Prohibit Auger (Highwall) Mining ...................................................................... 22  <br />4.23.2(7) Backfill and Grading Requirements ............................................................................................ 22  <br />4.25 OPERATIONS ON PRIME FARMLANDS ....................................................................... 22