Each application shall contain maps and plans of the proposed permit and adjacent areas as follows:
  (1) The maps and plans shall show the lands proposed to be affected throughout the operation and any change in a facility or feature to be caused by the proposed operations, if the facility or feature was shown under §§12.136 and 12.137 of this title (relating to Maps: General Requirements, and to Cross Sections, Maps, and Plans).
  (2) The following shall be shown for the proposed permit area unless specifically required for the permit and adjacent area by the requirements of this section:
    (A) buildings, utility corridors and facilities to be used;
    (B) the area of land to be affected within the proposed permit area, according to the sequence of mining and reclamation;
    (C) each area of land for which a performance bond or other equivalent guarantee will be posted under Subchapter J of this chapter (relating to Bond and Insurance Requirements for Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations);
    (D) each coal storage, cleaning and loading area;
    (E) each topsoil, spoil, coal waste, and noncoal waste storage area;
    (F) each water diversion, collection, conveyance, treatment, storage, and discharge facility to be used;
    (G) each air-pollution collection and control facility;
    (H) each source of waste and each waste-disposal facility relating to coal processing or pollution control;
    (I) each facility to be used to protect and enhance fish and wildlife and related environmental values;
    (J) each explosive storage-and-handling facility; and
    (K) location of each sedimentation pond, permanent water impoundment, coal processing waste bank, and coal processing waste dam and embankment, in accordance with §12.148 of this title (relating to Reclamation Plan: Ponds, Impoundments, Banks, Dams, and Embankments), and fill area for the disposal of excess spoil in accordance with §12.153 of this title (relating to Disposal of Excess Spoil).
  (3) Except as provided in §12.148(a)(2) and (3) of this title, §12.153(a) of this title (relating to Disposal of Excess Spoil), §12.363(b) of this title (relating to Disposal of Excess Spoil: General Requirements), §12.366(b)(1) of this title (relating to Disposal of Excess Spoil: Durable Rock Fills), and §12.368(c) of this title (relating to Coal Processing Waste Banks: General Requirements), maps, plans, and cross-sections required under paragraph (2)(D), (E), (F), (J), and (K) of this section shall be prepared by, or under the direction of, and certified by a qualified professional engineer, or qualified professional geoscientist, with assistance from experts in related fields such as land surveying and landscape architecture.
  (4) A description of and plans and drawings for each support facility to be constructed, used, or maintained within the proposed permit area. The plans and drawings shall include a map, appropriate cross sections, design drawings, and specifications sufficient to demonstrate compliance with §12.403 of this title (relating to Support Facilities) for each facility.

Source Note: The provisions of this §12.142 adopted to be effective April 7, 1997, 22 TexReg 3093; amended to be effective November 4, 1997, 22 TexReg 10640; amended to be effective December 28, 2020, 45 TexReg 9503