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Technical Guidance & Permits
The Department of Environmental Protection  published notice of a proposed guidance on public water supply protecting zones for the deep mine program and notice rescinding two policies related to beneficial use of coal ash and review of surface mine permit applications on High Quality waters.

Draft: DEP ID: 563-2112-657. Underground Mining—Delineating Protection Zones for Public Water Supplies. Technical Guidance 563-2112-657 sets forth procedures for ensuring that aquifers or portions of aquifers supplying public water supply wells and recharge areas to public water supply springs are protected from diminution by adjacent underground coal mining operations.

Rescind: DEP ID: 63-2112-206. Beneficial Use of Coal Ash at Active Coal Mine Sites. This document was replaced by two seperate TGDs, 563-2112-224 Certification Guidelines for the Chemical and Physical Properties of Coal Ash Beneficially Used at Mines and 563-2112-225 Mine Site Approval for the Beneficial Use of Coal Ash that were published as Interim Final on April 6, 2009.

Rescind: DEP ID: 560-0700-304. Review of Surface Mine Applications on High Quality Waters. The Department is removing this document because it has been determined that it contains inaccuracies and does not correspond to the process in place to review mining applications for the anti-degradation requirements.

For copies of Draft Technical Guidance (DEP website)

For copies of Final Technical Guidance (DEP website)


10/26/2009

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