1501:14-1-01 Definitions.

As used in all surface mining rules, except as may be otherwise specifically provided in the rules adopted pursuant to Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code:

(A) “Acid Drainage” means the flow of acid water resulting from the surface mining operation.

(B) “Acid Producing Material” means any material with a pH of 4.0 or less, or a calcium carbonate (CaCO3) deficiency of more than five tons of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) per one thousand tons of material.

(D) “Applicant” means any person who applies for a surface mining permit pursuant to Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code.

(E) “Application” means a surface mining application for the permit required by Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code and division-level 1501:14 of the Administrative Code, and which is on a form prescribed by the chief.

(F) “Aquifer” means a consolidated or unconsolidated geologic formation or series of formations that are hydraulically interconnected and that have ability to receive, store, or transmit water.

(G) “Beneficial Use” means the use of lime mining wastes within a lime mining and reclamation areas for land application when it is utilized for agronomic purposes at standard agronomic rates as determined by standard soil testing, for land reclamation in accordance with this chapter and the rules adopted under it, including, but not limited to, use as fill materials in quarries, and for any other purposes designated by the chief of the Division of Mineral Resources Management, including demonstration projects approved by the chief.

(H) “Building permit” means a permit issued by a county, township, or municipal governmental authority which authorizes the construction of a commercial, industrial, residential, or public building. For construction of a building for which no building permit is required, detailed plans and specifications may, at the chief’s discretion, be accepted in lieu of a building permit.

(I) “Contamination” means the degradation of quality in an underground water supply as a result of surface mining activity under Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code.

(J) “Contour” means to grade the affected area to a land configuration similar to that which existed prior to any mining, sufficient to achieve soil stability and control landslides, erosion, and sedimentation with adequate provisions for drainage appropriate to the intended future use.

(K) “Dam” means any artificial barrier together with appurtenant works, which either does or may impound water.

(L) “Delay Interval” means the nominal period of time between the detonation of successive explosive charges.

(M) “Dewatering” means the withdrawal of ground-water from an aquifer or saturated zone which may result in the lowering of the water level within the aquifer or saturated zone, or a decline of the potentiometric surface within that aquifer or saturated zone.

(N) “Dike” means any artificial barrier together with appurtenant works that will divert or restrain the flow of a stream or other body of water for the purpose of protecting an area from inundation by flood waters.

(O) “Diversion” means a channel with a ridge on the lower side which is constructed across the slope and is used for intercepting, directing, or channeling water.

(P) “Drainage Channel” means a natural or constructed watercourse or channel, having a definite bed and sides or banks, through which water flows.

(Q) “Excavate” means to remove topsoil, overburden, minerals, or incidental coal from a natural deposit in the process of surface mining.

(R) “Fill in quarries” means the discrete, controlled placement and compaction of lime mining wastes within the mined area of a quarry which is permitted and bonded under O.R.C. 1514. The purposes of the fill include, but are not limited to, raising the general contour back to an approximate original elevation, backfilling highwalls, creating safety egress areas, and fish and wildlife habitat. “Fill in Quarries” does not include random deposition of non-calcined materials.

(S) “Grade” means to reshape the affected area to a reasonably smooth configuration to achieve soil stability and control landslides, erosion, and sedimentation, with adequate provisions for drainage appropriate to the intended future use.

(T) “Ground-Water” means all water occurring in an aquifer.

(U) “Haul Road” means any road used to transport minerals from the area of land affected.

(V) “Highwall” means the steeply inclined unexcavated face of exposed consolidated materials or exposed consolidated overburden in an open cut of a surface mine.

(W) “Impervious Material” means a material through which fluid does not readily pass because of low porosity, very small individual pores, or pores that are disconnected.

(X) “Incidental to construction work” means the extraction of minerals which is necessary to enable the construction to be accomplished, but does not include generalized site development for the future use of commercial, industrial or residential building construction for which no building permit has been issued.

(Y) “Lime Mining Wastes” means residual solid or semisolid materials generated from lime or limestone mining and processing operations, including, without limitation, lime kiln dust, scrubber sludge from kiln operations, lime or limestone materials not meeting product specification, lime hydrating materials, and other lime or limestone mining, processing, or calcining materials associated with lime or limestone mining or processing. “Lime Mining Wastes” does not include materials generated for the manufacture of cement.

(Z) “Mining Area” means:

(1) An area of land affected by the removal of topsoil, overburden, minerals or minerals and incidental coal in the production of such minerals or minerals and incidental coal. Mining areas shall not be considered as contiguous if connected solely by haul roads;

(2) For purposes of application for an exemption for extraction of incidental coal, calculation of production or revenues derived from incidental coal extraction, and compliance with or reporting on an incidental coal exemption, an individual excavation site or pit from which coal, other minerals, and overburden are removed.

(AA) “Peak Design Flow” means the maximum rate of runoff that can be expected to occur at a specific location on the average of once in twenty-five years during a twenty-four hour period, except that where adjoining property may be damaged the peak design flow shall be the maximum rate of runoff to be expected on the average of once in fifty years during a twenty-four hour period.

(BB) “Permittee” means an operator who has been issued a surface mining permit by the chief.

(CC) “Person” means a person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, or any political subdivision, instrumentality or agency of the state.

(DD) “Production” means excavating minerals or minerals and incidental coal from a natural deposit for the purpose of commercial use or sale.

(EE) “Quadrangle” means the United States geological survey (U.S.G.S.) 7.5 minute topographic map in which the proposed permit area is located.

(FF) “Quadrangle Sketch” means that section of the appropriate county road map which clearly shows the location of the permit area or proposed permit area and appears on the map submitted with the application. Appropriate county road maps are those published by the Ohio department of transportation or by the appropriate county engineer.

(GG) “Significant” means the addition of any of the following activities when those activities are not currently approved in the permit plan:

(1) Blasting activities.

(2) Dewatering activities.

(3) Vertical or horizontal expansion of a permit area that would result in an increase to the geographical area to which the water replacement provisions of rule 1501:14-5-03 of the administrative code would apply.

(4) The beneficial use of lime mining waste (LMW).

(5) Other amendments that the chief determines, within the framework of those performance standards contained in chapter 1514 of the revised code, would increase the likelihood that the mining operation may have a negative impact on the public.

(HH) “Resoil” means to distribute topsoil and subsoil, or substitute resoiling material.

(II) “Restrict” means the use of reasonable means including, but not limited to, fencing, earthen barriers, or confining vegetation to prevent access to areas that pose a danger to the public or to domestic animals.

(JJ) “Seedbed” means an area of land prepared, prior to planting, to promote the germination of seed and the growth of seedlings.

(KK) “Slope Angle” means the inclination of a surface from the horizontal, expressed in degrees.

(LL) “Stemming” means the inert material used in a blasthole to confine the gaseous products formed upon explosion.

(MM) “Surface Mining Permit” or “permit” means the permit issued by the chief pursuant to Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code and division-level 1501:14 of the Administrative Code.

(NN) “Surrounding Areas” means those area within 1000 feet of the beneficial use area or a greater distance based upon site specific characteristics, to allow an adequate description of the geology and quality and quantity of the groundwater and surface water.

(OO) “Terrace” means to grade in alternate slopes and plateaus to achieve soil stability and control landslides, erosion, and sedimentation, with adequate provisions for drainage appropriate to the intended future use.

(PP) “Topographic Relief” means the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest elevations of the area depicted on any map required by Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code and division-level 1501:14 of the Administrative Code.

(QQ) “Year” means twelve successive calendar months.

Effective: 07/28/2005

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 05/11/2005 and 07/28/2010

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 1514.08

Rule Amplifies: 1514.02

Prior Effective Dates: 1/15/75, 7/4/96, 7/6/99, 10/4/02