Part 1817: PERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS – UNDERGROUND MINING OPERATIONS

Section 1817.100 Contemporaneous Reclamation and Subsidence Control Reclamation efforts, including, but not limited to, backfilling, grading, topsoil replacement, and revegetation; and subsidence control efforts pursuant to 62 Ill. Adm. Code 1817.121, of all areas affected by sur…

Section 1817.101 Backfilling and Grading: General Requirements a) Surface areas disturbed incident to underground mining activities shall be backfilled and graded in accordance with the time schedule approved by the Department as a condition of the permit, but not later than 12 m…

Section 1817.102 Backfilling and Grading: General Grading Requirements a) Disturbed areas shall be backfilled and graded to: 1) Achieve the approximate original contour, except as provided in subsection (k); 2) Eliminate all highwalls, spoil piles, and depressions, except as prov…

Section 1817.103 Backfilling and Grading: Covering Coal and Acid- and Toxic - Forming Materials (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8250, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1817.106 Backfilling and Grading: Previously Mined Areas Remaining operations on previously mined areas that contain a preexisting highwall shall comply with the requirements of Sections 1817.102 through 1817.107, except as provided in this Section. The requirements of Se…

Section 1817.107 Backfilling and Grading: Steep Slopes a) Underground mining activities on steep slopes shall be conducted so as to meet the requirements of Sections 1817.102 through 1817.106, and the requirements of this Section. b) The following materials shall not be placed on…

Section 1817.11 Signs and Markers a) Specifications. Signs and markers required under this Part shall: 1) Be posted, maintained and removed by the person who conducts the underground mining activities; 2) Be of a uniform design throughout the activities that can be easily seen an…

Section 1817.111 Revegetation: General Requirements a) The permittee shall establish on regraded areas and on all other disturbed areas except areas where vegetative cover is inconsistent with the approved post-mining land use, a vegetative cover that is in accordance with the ap…

Section 1817.112 Revegetation: Use of Introduced Species (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 10 Ill. Reg. 9606, effective July 1, 1986)

Section 1817.113 Revegetation: Timing a) Disturbed areas shall be planted during the first normal period for favorable planting conditions after replacement of the plant-growth medium. The normal period for favorable planting is that planting time generally accepted locally for t…

Section 1817.114 Revegetation: Mulching and Other Soil Stabilizing Practices a) Mulch or other soil stabilizing practices shall be used on all areas that have been regraded and covered by topsoil or topsoil substitutes. The Department shall waive this requirement if seasonal, soi…

Section 1817.115 Revegetation: Grazing (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 10 Ill. Reg. 9606, effective July 1, 1986)

Section 1817.116 Revegetation: Standards for Success a) Success of Revegetation 1) Success of revegetation shall be judged in accordance with this Section, Section 1817.117, and as described in the Agricultural Lands Productivity Formula (Illinois Department of Natural Resources,…

Section 1817.117 Revegetation: Tree, Shrub, and Herbaceous Vegetation a) For areas to be developed for fish and wildlife habitat (including shelter belts), recreation, or forest products land uses, success of vegetation shall be determined on the basis of tree and shrub populatio…

Section 1817.121 Subsidence Control a) Measures to prevent or minimize damage. 1) The permittee shall either adopt measures consistent with known technology which prevent subsidence from causing material damage to the extent technologically and economically feasible, maximize min…

Section 1817.122 Subsidence Control: Public Notice At least six (6) months prior to mining, or within that period if approved by the Department, the underground mine operator shall mail a notification to all owners and occupants of surface property and structures above the underg…

Section 1817.124 Subsidence Control: Surface Owner Protections (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8250, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1817.126 Subsidence Control: Buffer Zones (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8250, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1817.13 Casing and Sealing of Exposed Underground Openings: General Requirements Each exploration hole, other drillhole or borehole, shaft, well, or other exposed underground opening shall be cased, lined, or otherwise managed, as approved by the Illinois Department of Na…

Section 1817.131 Cessation of Operations: Temporary a) Each person who conducts underground mining activities shall effectively support and maintain all surface access openings to underground operations, and secure surface facilities in areas in which there are no current operati…

Section 1817.132 Cessation of Operations: Permanent a) The person who conducts underground mining activities shall close or backfill or otherwise permanently reclaim all affected areas, in accordance with these regulations and according to the permit approved by the Department. b…

Section 1817.133 Post-Mining Land Capability a) All disturbed areas shall be restored in a timely manner to a condition capable of supporting: 1) The uses which they were capable of supporting prior to any mining; or 2) Higher or better uses of which there is a reasonable likelih…

Section 1817.14 Casing and Sealing of Underground Openings: Temporary a) Each mine entry which is temporarily inactive, but has a further projected useful service under the approved permit application, shall be protected by barricades or other covering devices, fenced, and posted…

Section 1817.15 Casing and Sealing of Underground Openings: Permanent When no longer needed for monitoring or other use approved by the Department upon a finding of no adverse environmental or health and safety effects, or unless approved for transfer as a water well under Sectio…

Section 1817.150 Roads: General a) Road classification system. 1) Each road, as defined in 62 Ill. Adm. Code 1701.Appendix A, shall be classified as either a primary road or an ancillary road. 2) A primary road is any road which is: A) Used for transporting coal or spoil; B) Freq…

Section 1817.151 Primary roads Primary roads shall meet the requirements of Section 1817.150 and the additional requirements of this Section. a) Certification. The construction or reconstruction of primary roads shall be certified in a report submitted to the Department by a qual…

Section 1817.180 Utility Installations All underground mining activities shall be conducted in a manner which minimizes damage, destruction, or disruption of services provided by oil, gas, and water wells; oil, gas, and coal slurry pipelines; railroads; electric and telephone lin…

Section 1817.181 Support Facilities a) Support facilities shall be operated in accordance with a permit issued for the mine or coal preparation plant to which it is incident or from which its operation results. b) In addition to the other provisions of this Part, support faciliti…

Section 1817.182 Minor Underground Mine Facilities Not at or Adjacent to the Processing or Preparation Facility or Area a) This Section sets forth performance standards for minor underground mine facilities not at or adjacent to the processing or preparation facility or area, suc…

Section 1817.190 Affected Acreage Map a) On or before September 1 of each year, every permit holder shall submit to the Department reports and maps of affected areas. b) Two (2) copies, plus one (1) additional copy for each county in which the permit is located, of the reports an…

Section 1817.21 Topsoil General Requirements (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8250, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1817.22 Topsoil and Subsoil a) Removal. 1) All topsoil shall be removed as a separate layer from the area to be disturbed, and segregated. Where topsoil is of insufficient quantity or poor quality for sustaining vegetation, the materials approved by the Department in acco…

Section 1817.23 Topsoil: Storage (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8250, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1817.24 Topsoil: Redistribution (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8250, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1817.25 Topsoil: Nutrients and Soil Amendments (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8250, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1817.41 Hydrologic Balance Protection a) General. All Underground mining and reclamation activities shall be conducted to minimize disturbance of the hydrologic balance within the permit and adjacent areas, to prevent material damage to the hydrologic balance outside the …

Section 1817.42 Hydrologic Balance: Water Quality Standards and Effluent Limitations Discharges of water from areas disturbed by underground mining activities shall be made in compliance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, as amended (30 USC 1251 et seq.), the E…

Section 1817.43 Diversions a) General Requirements. 1) With the approval of the Department, any flow from mined areas abandoned before May 3, 1978, and any flow from undisturbed areas or reclaimed areas, after meeting the criteria of Section 1817.46 for siltation structure remova…

Section 1817.44 Hydrologic Balance: Stream Channel Diversions (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8250, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1817.45 Hydrologic Balance: Sediment Control Measures a) Appropriate sediment control measures shall be designed, constructed, and maintained using the best technology currently available to: 1) Prevent, to the extent possible, additional contributions of sediment to stre…

Section 1817.46 Hydrologic Balance: Siltation Structures a) Definitions. For the purpose of this Section only: 1) Siltation structure means a sedimentation pond, a series of sedimentation ponds, or other treatment facility. 2) Disturbed area shall not include those areas: A) In w…

Section 1817.47 Hydrologic Balance: Discharge Structures Discharge from sedimentation ponds, permanent and temporary impoundments, coal processing waste dams and embankments, and diversions shall be controlled, by energy dissipators, riprap channels, and other devices, where nece…

Section 1817.48 Hydrologic Balance: Acid - forming and Toxic - forming Materials (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8250, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1817.49 Impoundments a) The requirements of this subsection apply to both temporary and permanent impoundments. 1) Impoundments meeting the Class B or C criteria for dams in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service Technical Release No. 60 (210-VI-TR6…

Section 1817.50 Hydrologic Balance: Underground Mine Entry and Access Discharges (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8250, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1817.52 Hydrologic Balance: Surface and Ground Water Monitoring (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8250, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1817.53 Hydrologic Balance: Transfer of Wells (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8250, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1817.55 Hydrologic Balance: Discharge of Water Into an Underground (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 8250, effective July 1, 1987)

Section 1817.56 Post – Mining Rehabilitation of Sedimentation Ponds, Diversions, Impoundments and Treatment Facilities Before abandoning a permit area or seeking bond release, the operator shall ensure that all temporary structures are removed and reclaimed, and that all permanen…

Section 1817.57 Hydrologic Balance: Stream Buffer Zones a) No surface area within one hundred (100) feet of the top of the bank of the normal channel of a perennial stream or an intermittent stream shall be disturbed by surface operations and facilities of an underground mining o…