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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />Table of Contents iii Date Revised: 8/21/24 <br /> Revision No: MR-259 <br />4.05.3DIVERSIONS AND CONVEYANCE OF OVERLAND FLOW AND SHALLOW GROUNDWATER FLOW AND <br />EPHEMERAL STREAMS DRAINING A WATERSHED LESS THAN ONE SQUARE MILE .................................................... 9 <br />4.05.4STREAM CHANNEL DIVERSIONS (RELOCATION OF STREAMS) .................................................................. 9  <br />4.05.5SEDIMENT CONTROL MEASURES ............................................................................................................ 10  <br />4.05.6SEDIMENTATION PONDS ......................................................................................................................... 10  <br />4.05.7DISCHARGE STRUCTURES ....................................................................................................................... 12  <br />4.05.8ACID-FORMING AND TOXIC-FORMING SPOIL .......................................................................................... 13 <br />4.05.9PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY IMPOUNDMENTS .................................................................................... 13 <br />4.05.10 UNDERGROUND MINE ENTRY AND ACCESS DISCHARGES .......................................................................... 15 <br />4.05.11 GROUND WATER PROTECTION ................................................................................................................... 15  <br />4.05.12 PROTECTION OF GROUNDWATER RECHARGE CAPACITY ............................................................................ 15 <br />4.05.13 SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER MONITORING ............................................................................................ 18 <br />4.05.14 TRANSFER OF WELLS ................................................................................................................................. 18  <br />4.05.15 WATER RIGHTS AND REPLACEMENT .......................................................................................................... 18  <br />4.05.16 DISCHARGE OF WATER INTO AN UNDERGROUND MINE ............................................................................. 18  <br />4.05.17 POST-MINING AND REHABILITATION OF SEDIMENTATION PONDS, DIVERSIONS, IMPOUNDMENTS, AND <br />TREATMENT FACILITIES ........................................................................................................................................... 18  <br />4.05.18STREAM BUFFER ZONES ......................................................................................................................... 18  <br />4.06 TOPSOIL .......................................................................................................................................................... 21  <br />4.06.1GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ...................................................................................................................... 21  <br />4.06.2REMOVAL ............................................................................................................................................... 21  <br />4.06.3STORAGE ................................................................................................................................................ 22  <br />4.06.4REDISTRIBUTION .................................................................................................................................... 23  <br />4.06.5RECONDITIONING ................................................................................................................................... 24  <br />4.07 SEALING OF DRILLED HOLES AND UNDERGROUND OPENINGS .................................................. 24  <br />4.07.1GENERAL REQUIREMENT ........................................................................................................................ 24  <br />4.07.2TEMPORARY SEALING ............................................................................................................................ 24  <br />4.07.3PERMANENT SEALING ............................................................................................................................ 24  <br />4.07.4ABANDONMENT IN DESIGNATED GROUNDWATER BASINS ..................................................................... 24 <br />4.08USE OF EXPLOSIVES ............................................................................................................................... 25  <br />4.08.1GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ...................................................................................................................... 25  <br />4.08.2PRE-BLASTING SURVEY ......................................................................................................................... 25  <br />4.08.3PUBLIC NOTICE OF BLASTING SCHEDULE ............................................................................................... 26  <br />4.08.4SURFACE BLASTING REQUIREMENTS ...................................................................................................... 27  <br />4.08.5RECORDS OF SURFACE BLASTING ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................ 28 <br />4.08.6SEISMOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS .......................................................................................................... 29  <br />4.09DISPOSAL OF EXCESS SPOIL AND UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT FILL WASTE ............ 29  <br />4.10COAL PROCESSING WASTE BANKS .................................................................................................... 29  <br />4.11COAL PROCESSING WASTE .................................................................................................................. 29  <br />4.11.1BURNING ................................................................................................................................................ 29  <br />4.11.2BURNED WASTE UTILIZATION ................................................................................................................ 30  <br />4.11.3RETURN TO UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ................................................................................................ 30  <br />4.11.4DISPOSAL OF NONCOAL WASTE ............................................................................................................. 30  <br />4.11.5DAMS AND EMBANKMENTS .................................................................................................................... 30  <br />4.12SLIDES AND OTHER DAMAGE .............................................................................................................. 30  <br />4.13CONTEMPORANEOUS RECLAMATION ............................................................................................. 35  <br />4.14BACKFILLING AND GRADING .............................................................................................................. 35  <br />4.14.1GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ...................................................................................................................... 35  <br />4.14.2GENERAL GRADING REQUIREMENTS ...................................................................................................... 38