DMO Coal Refuse Disposal Area (CRDA)

The purpose of this dataset is to provide DEP staff and other environmental professionals with a spatially referenced dataset of the permit area boundaries of active and recently active permitted coal refuse disposal areas (CRDAs) in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania state law requires those who wish to conduct mining activities within the Commonwealth submit and get approval by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for permits related to those activities. These permits are written to cover various aspects of the mining operations, such as: reclamation, water quality protection, air quality protection, waste disposal and mine subsidence control. The DEP California District Office reviews permits related to surface disposal facilities for fine and coarse coal refuse generated during underground mining of bituminous coal. Module 6.1 of the Application for Bituminous Underground Mine, Coal Preparation Plant and/or Refuse Disposal Area requires a Location Map be submitted with the permit. The Location Map should be a 7.5 Minute USGS map covering the area within one (1) mile of the site boundary. This dataset contains the digitized permit area boundaries of active and recently active permitted coal refuse disposal areas in Pennsylvania based on the Location Maps submitted with the permit applications and permit renewal applications.本数据集旨在为宾夕法尼亚州环境保护部（Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, DEP）工作人员及其他环境专业人士，提供宾夕法尼亚州境内当前及近期获批运营的煤矸石处置场（Coal Refuse Disposal Areas, CRDAs）许可区域边界的空间参考数据集。宾夕法尼亚州法律规定，凡拟在本州境内开展采矿活动的主体，需就相关采矿活动向DEP提交许可申请并获得审批。此类许可覆盖采矿作业的多个维度，包括土地复垦、水质保护、空气质量保护、废物处置以及矿山沉降防控。宾夕法尼亚州环境保护部加州分区办事处负责审批与烟煤地下开采过程中产生的细粒、粗粒煤矸石地表处置设施相关的许可申请。烟煤地下矿井、选煤厂及煤矸石处置场许可申请的第6.1模块要求，申请人需随许可申请提交场地位置图。该场地位置图需采用美国地质调查局（United States Geological Survey, USGS）7.5分钟比例尺地形图，覆盖场地边界周边1英里范围内的区域。本数据集基于许可申请及许可续期申请中提交的场地位置图，收录宾夕法尼亚州境内当前及近期获批运营的煤矸石处置场的数字化许可区域边界。