Each application shall contain maps, plans, and cross sections of the proposed permit and adjacent areas as follows:
  (1) the maps, plans and cross sections shall show the underground mining activities to be conducted, the lands 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 §12.182 and §12.183 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 preparation waste, underground development waste, and noncoal waste storage area;
    (F) each water diversion, collection, conveyance, treatment, storage and discharge facility to be used;
    (G) each source of waste and each waste-disposal facility relating to coal processing or pollution control;
    (H) each facility to be used to protect and enhance fish and wildlife related environmental values;
    (I) each explosive storage and handling facility;
    (J) location of each sedimentation pond, permanent water impoundment, coal mine waste bank, and coal mine waste dam and embankment, in accordance with §12.190 of this title (relating to Reclamation Plan: Ponds, Impoundments, Banks, Dams, and Embankments) and disposal areas for underground development waste and excess spoil in accordance with §12.193 of this title (relating to Underground Development Waste/Return of Coal Processing Waste to Underground Workings);
    (K) each profile, at cross sections specified by the Commission of the anticipated final surface configuration to be achieved for the affected areas;
    (L) location of each water and subsidence monitoring point; and
    (M) location of each facility that will remain on the proposed permit area as a permanent feature, after the completion of underground mining activities.
  (3) except as provided in §§12.190(a)(2) and (3), 12.193(a), 12.531(b), 12.534(b)(1), and 12.535(c) of this title (relating to Reclamation Plan: Ponds, Impoundments, Banks, Dams, and Embankments, to Underground Development Waste/Return of Coal Processing Waste to Underground Workings, to Disposal of Underground Development Waste and Excess Spoil: General Requirements, to Disposal of Underground Development Waste and Excess Spoil: Durable Rock Fills, and to Coal Mine Waste Banks: General Requirements), maps, plans, and cross-sections required under paragraph (2)(D)-(F), (J), and (K) of this subsection 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; and
  (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 §12.572 of this title (relating to Support Facilities) for each facility.

Source Note: The provisions of this §12.197 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