Regulation .05 Coal Preparation Plants and Associated Facilities.
Regulation .05 Coal Preparation Plants and Associated Facilities.LinkCopy Citation
Each person who operates a coal preparation plant and associated facilities, as defined in COMAR 26.20.01, shall obtain a permit to conduct those operations and otherwise comply with, at a minimum, the Regulatory Program requirements related to:
A.
Signs and markers for the coal processing plant, coal processing waste disposal area, and water treatment facilities;
B.
Roads, transport, and associated structures;
C.
Stream or channel realignment;
D.
Sediment control structures, and all discharges from disturbed areas;
E.
Permanent impoundments associated with coal preparation plants, and dams constructed of or impounding coal processing waste;
F.
Use of water wells, and provisions for protection of water rights;
G.
Disposal of coal processing waste, solid waste, and any excavated materials;
H.
Discharge structures for diversions and sediment control structures;
I.
Air pollution control measures associated with fugitive dust emissions;
J.
Protection of fish, wildlife, and related environmental values;
K.
Slide areas and other surface areas in general;
L.
Adverse effects upon or resulting from nearby underground coal mining activities;
M.
Reclamation, including proper topsoil handling procedures, revegetation, and abandonment;
N.
Conveyors, buildings, storage bins or stockpiles, water treatment facilities, water storage facilities, and any other related structure or system;
O.
Prime farmland.