Part 1816: PERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS – SURFACE MINING ACTIVITIES

Section 1816.61 Use of Explosives: General Requirements a) Each person who conducts surface mining activities shall comply with all applicable State and Federal laws in the use of explosives. b) All blasting operations shall be conducted by persons certified by the Department in …

Section 1816.62 Use of Explosives: Pre-Blasting Survey a) At least thirty (30) days before initiation of blasting in a permit area, the operator shall notify, in writing, all residents or owners of structures located within one-half (½) mile of the permit area how to request a pr…

Section 1816.64 Use of Explosives: Public Notice of Blasting Schedule a) All blasting shall be conducted from sunrise to sunset, and at times announced in the blasting schedule. The Department shall limit the area covered, timing and sequence of blasting, as listed in the schedul…

Section 1816.65 Use of Explosives: Surface Blasting Requirements (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8131, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1816.66 Use of Explosives: Blasting Signs, Warnings, and Access Control a) Blasting signs shall meet the specifications of Section 1816.11. The operator shall: 1) Conspicuously display signs reading "Blasting Area" along the edge of any blasting area that comes within 100…

Section 1816.67 Use of Explosives: Control of Adverse Effects a) Blasting shall be conducted to prevent injury to persons, damage to public or private property outside the permit area, adverse impacts on any underground mine, and change in the course, channel or availability of g…

Section 1816.68 Use of Explosives: Records of Blasting Operations a) A record of each blast, including seismograph reports, shall be retained by the operator for at least three (3) years and shall be available for inspection by the Department and the public on request. The record…

Section 1816.71 Disposal of Excess Spoil: General Requirements a) Excess spoil shall be placed in designated disposal areas within a permit area, in a controlled manner to: 1) Minimize the adverse effects of leachate and surface water runoff from the fill on surface and ground wa…

Section 1816.72 Disposal of Excess Spoil: Valley Fills/Head-of-Hollow Fills Valley fills and head-of-hollow-fills shall meet all of the requirements of Section 1816.71 and the additional requirements of this Section. a) The fill shall be designed to attain a long-term static safe…

Section 1816.73 Disposal of Excess Spoil: Head-of-Hollow Fills (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8131, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1816.74 Disposal of Excess Spoil: Durable Rock Fills The Department may approve the alternative method of disposal of excess durable rock spoil by gravity placement in single or multiple lifts, provided the following conditions are met: a) Except as provided in this Secti…

Section 1816.75 Disposal of Excess Spoil: Preexisting Benches a) The Department may approve the disposal of excess spoil through placement on preexisting benches, provided that all the standards set forth in Section 1816.71(a), (b)(1), (d) through (i) and the requirements of this…

Section 1816.79 Protection of Underground Mining No surface mining activities shall be conducted closer than five hundred (500) feet to any point of either an active or abandoned underground mine, except to the extent that: a) The activities result in improved resource recovery, …

Section 1816.81 Coal Mine Waste: General Requirements a) All coal mine waste shall be placed in new or existing disposal areas approved by the Department for this purpose. These areas shall be within a permit area. Coal mine waste shall be placed in a controlled manner to: 1) Min…

Section 1816.82 Coal Processing Waste Banks: Site Inspection (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8131, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1816.83 Coal Mine Waste: Refuse Piles Refuse piles shall meet the requirements of Section 1816.81, the additional requirements of this Section, and the requirements of 30 CFR 77.214 and 77.215 (1989). 30 CFR 77.214 and 77.215 (1989) do not include any subsequent amendment…

Section 1816.84 Coal Mine Waste: Impounding Structures New and existing impounding structures constructed of coal mine waste or intended to impound coal mine waste shall meet the requirements of Section 1816.81. a) Coal mine waste shall not be used for construction of impounding …

Section 1816.85 Coal Processing Waste Banks: Construction Requirements (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8131, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1816.86 Coal Processing Waste: Burning (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8131, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1816.87 Coal Mine Waste: Burned Waste Utilization a) Coal mine waste fires shall be extinguished by the person who conducts the surface mining activities, in accordance with the plan approved by the Department and the MSHA. The plan shall contain, at a minimum, provisions…

Section 1816.88 Coal Processing Waste: Return to Underground Workings (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8131, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1816.89 Disposal of Noncoal Mine Wastes a) Noncoal mine wastes including, but not limited to, grease, lubricants, paints, flammable liquids, garbage, abandoned mining machinery, lumber, and other combustible material generated during surface mining activities shall be pla…

Section 1816.91 Coal Processing Waste: Dams and Embankments: General Requirements (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8131, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1816.92 Coal Processing Waste: Dams and Embankments: Site Preparation (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8131, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1816.93 Coal Processing Waste: Dams and Embankments: Design and Construction (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8131, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1816.94 Coal Processing Waste: Time and Requirements for Completion of Covering (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8131, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1816.95 Stabilization of Surface Areas a) All exposed surface areas shall be protected and stabilized to control erosion and air pollution attendant to erosion in accordance with Section 1816.45(a). b) Rills and gullies, deeper than nine (9) inches, which form in areas th…

Section 1816.97 Protection of Fish, Wildlife, and Related Environmental Values a) The operator shall, to the extent possible using the best technology currently available, minimize disturbances and adverse impacts of the activities on fish, wildlife, and related environmental val…

Section 1816.99 Slides and Other Damage a) An undisturbed natural barrier or constructed outcrop shall be provided beginning at the elevation of the lowest coal seam to be mined and extending from the outslope for such distance as may be determined by the Department as is needed …

Section 1816.APPENDIX A Agricultural Lands Productivity Formula (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 47 Ill. Reg. 2348, effective February 3, 2023)

Section 1816.EXHIBIT A County Crop Yields by Soil Mapping Unit (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 47 Ill. Reg. 2348, effective February 3, 2023)

Section 1816.TABLE D Sample Points Per Crop Acres (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 29 Ill. Reg. 10599, effective July 7, 2005)