Each application shall contain a description of the mining operations proposed to be conducted during the life of the mine within the proposed permit area, including, at a minimum, the following:
  (1) a narrative description of the type and method of coal mining procedures and proposed engineering techniques, anticipated annual and total production of coal, by tonnage, and the major equipment to be used for all aspects of those operations; and
  (2) a narrative explaining the construction, modification, use, maintenance, and removal of the following facilities, unless retention of such facility is necessary for postmining land use as specified in §12.568 of this title (relating to Postmining Land Use):
    (A) dams, embankments, and other impoundments;
    (B) overburden and topsoil handling and storage areas and structures;
    (C) coal removal, handling, storage, cleaning, and transportation areas and structures;
    (D) spoil, coal processing waste, mine development waste, and noncoal waste removal, handling, storage, transportation, and disposal areas and structures;
    (E) mine facilities; and
    (F) water-pollution control facilities.

Source Note: The provisions of this §12.185 adopted to be effective April 7, 1997, 22 TexReg 3093; amended to be effective November 4, 1997, 22 TexReg 10640.