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Policy/Procedure Directives
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Policy/procedure directives, procedure directives and guidelines are developed and used by DMRM as a means of clarifying regulations related to mining in Ohio. Procedures are developed to interpret how DMRM addresses rule implementation that affects the mining industry. Guidance documents or guidelines are used when guidance is developed by DMRM to explain how industry is to submit application documents to the division, or as a means of describing current criteria or science-related data that is subject to change and interpretation. Note: Additional PPDs will be added as they are scanned and/or issued.
REGULATORY Bonding Bonding 89-1; Prime Farmland and Non-Prime Farmland Cropland Incremental Bond Release Procedures Bonding 92-1; Bond Release Requests on Areas that Contain U.S. Forest Service Land Bonding 92-2; Procedures and Forms for Submission of Bond Release Requests Engineering Engineering 88-1; Excess Spoil Disposal Forfeiture Forfeiture 99-1; Coal Forfeiture Time Frames, Project Scope Development and Site Inventory, Design Methods, Contracting, Inspection, and Payment Procedures Inspection & Enforcement (I & E) I & E 88-1; Bond Release Conferences I & E 88-2; Occupied Dwellings and Adjacent Landowners I & E 88-4; Alternative Methods of Protection of Topsoil and Resoiling Stockpiles from Erosion I & E 88-6; Processing Times for Annual or Final Reports I & E 88-7; Color Coding of Annual or Final Maps for Renewed Permits I & E 88-8; Reporting Prime Farmland and Non-prime Farmland Cropland on Annual and Final Maps I & E 88-9; Blaster Certification Verification Procedures I & E 88-10; Quarterly Water Monitoring I & E 88-11; Phase 2 Bond Releases I & E 88-12; Planting Report Form I & E 89-1; Reclamation, "C" Permits I & E 89-3; Notification of Abatement of Violations I & E 89-5; Verification of Sediment Control System Certification I & E 89-6; D-Permit Phase Releases, General Procedure for Division Personnel I & E 90-2; Certification of Construction of Primary Roads I & E 91-3; Temporary Cessation of Operations (TINA) I & E 92-1; Coal Explorations - Notice of Intent I & E 93-1; Procedures for Handling and Tracking of Citizen Complaints I & E 93-3; Certification of Impoundments I & E 93-5; Notice of Violation/Imminent Harm Cessation Order Extension Requests I & E 93-6; Inspection Reports I & E 94-1; Verification of Proper Planting of Tree & Shrub Seedlings/Posts I & E 95-1; Notification of Owners & Controllers of a Permit that a Cessation Order was Issued I & E 96-1; Removal of Siltation Structures and Termination of NPDES Monitoring I & E 99-1; Initiation of Bond Forfeiture Process I & E 99-2; Bond Forfeiture Process I & E 08-01; Enforcement Criteria for Conversion from IM to Coal I & E 08-02; Performance Security Increase as a Result of Non-Conterporaneous Reclamation I & E 09-01; Evaluating Post-mining Discharges Internal Communications (IC) IC 89-1; Procedures for Distribution and Response to Ten Day Notices and Uncitied Violations Legal Legal 88-1; Settlement Guidelines Legal 93-1; Alternative Enforcement Regulatory (Reg) Reg 88-5; Reforestation of Permits with a Primary Land Use of Pasture or Grazing Land Reg 89-2; NPDES Reporting Requirements Reg 89-3; Reconstruction of Public Roads - Release of Bond Reg 90-1; Prime Farmland (PFL) Reg 92-1; Reclamation in Lieu of Cash Payment for Civil Penalties Reg 93-1; Criteria for the Development of Brushpiles Reg 93-4; Remining Enforcement Procedure Reg 94-1; Reparian Vegetation Along Stream Channels Reg 95-1; Planting Plans for Areas for which the Approved Postmining Land Use is Fish and Wildlife Habitat Reg 95-2; Planting Plans for Areas for which the Approved Postmining Land Use is Undeveloped Land Reg 97-2; Disposal of Excess Spoil on Unpermitted Area Adjacent to a Mining Permit Reg 2008-01; Direct Negotiated Mine Operator Contracts for Severance Tax Credits for Performance Securities Reg 2008-02; Contemporaneous Reclamation Technical (Tech) Tech 88-1; Citizens Complaints re: Temporary Turbidity in Water Supplies Caused by Blasting Tech 88-2; Ground Cover Requirements for Phase II and Phase III Bond Releases Tech 94-1; Alternative Resoiling Material Tech 06-1; Replacement of Water Supplies Affected by Coal Mining Operations Underground (UG) UG 89-1; Policy for Underground Mining Operations UG 90-1; Surface Owner Notification - Underground Mining Operations UG 90-2; Subsidence Damage UG 90-3; Pre-subsidence Surveys UG 91-1; Underground Mine Maps UG 93-1; Water Monitoring-Shadow and Adjacent Areas UG 93-2; Replacement of Interim Water Supplies Diminished by Subsidence
PERMITTING Engineering Engineering 88-2; SCS DAMS 2 Approved Rainfall Distribution Engineering 89-2; Impoundment and Sediment Pond Design Methods Engineering 96-1; Sediment Pond Design Engineering 03-2; Application of USDA, SCS Technical Release No. 60 Engineering 04-1; Permanent Impoundment Certificationon Permitting PD 2007-01; Submittal of Application to Revise a Coal Mining Permit (ARP) for SAD PD 2007-02; Inclusion of Blanket Small Area Drainage Exemptions in New Permit Applications PD 2007-03; Submittal, Processing and Approval of (ARP) Application to Revise a Coal Mining Permit PD 2009-01; Stream Buffer Zone Variance Requests Perm 88-1; 50 Foot Consents Perm 88-2; Criteria for Evaluation of Proposed Incidental Coal Operations Perm 88-3; Endangered or Threatened Species Perm 88-4; Surface Owner Comments of Postmining Landuse and Alternative Postmining Landuse Perm 89-1; Protecting Historic and Prehistoric Properties - Surface Mining OPerations and Underground Mining Permit Area Perm 89-2; Review of Prime Farmland Information Perm 90-1; Application to Transfer a Coal Mining Permit or a Coal Mining Permit Application Perm 93-1; Permitting Coal Removal in Conjunction with Landfill Activities Perm 94-1; Application for Coal Mine Permit Renewal Perm 94-2; Application to Transfer a Coal Mining Permit or a Coal Mining Permit Application Perm 94-3; Midterm Permit Review Perm 95-1; Permit to Install (PTI) Applications for Coal Waste Treatment or Disposal Facilities Perm 95-2; OEPA Effluent Limitations Perm 97-1; Permitting of Pollution Abatement Areas Perm 98-1; Stream Buffer Zone Variance Requests Perm 00-1; Incidental Boundary Revisions (IBR) Perm 00-2; Seasonal Variations Regulatory Regulatory 99-1; Lands Eligible for Remining Underground (UG) UG 89-3; Protecting Historic and Prehistoric Properties - Underground Mining Operations Guidelines Overburden Analysis Guidelines (10/2009) Wetland Guidelines (07/2009)
PERFORMANCE SECURITY / BONDING Performance Security (PS) PS 2007-01; Preliminary Implementation of Performance Security Provisions of HB 443 PS 2007-02; Performance Security Calculation, Adjustments and Releases Bonding Bonding 90-1; Bonding Forfeiture Collection Procedures Bonding 93-1; Bonding Procedures
Industrial Minerals (IM) IM 91-1; Regulation of Topsoil Operations IM 91-6; Amendment Mapping IM 96-1; Roads Used to Facilitate Mining IM 2006; Hydro Model Review Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Division of Water & Division of Mineral Resources Management Inspection & Enforcement (I & E)
I & E 88-3; Enforcement Criteria for Conversion from IM to Coal I & E Guidelines 1996; Guidelines for Surface Mining near Underground Mines Inspection & Permitting (I & P) I & P Guidelines 1997; Building Construction Exemption from Requirements of Chapter 1514. of the Ohio Revised Code
Regulatory
Regulatory 97-1; Direct Negotiated Mine Operator Contracts