Description: This dataset shows the boundaries of all coal-mining permits issued in Illinois from 1977 to present. Some attribute fields were modified in JAN 2009 to reflect standards presented in ASTM D7384-07.
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Copyright Text: Illinois DNR, Office of Mines and Minerals, Land Reclamation Division GIS Laboratory
Description: Point feature class representing locations of NPDES facilities within Coal Mine Permits regulated by the Illinois Land Reclamation Division, Office of Mines & Minerals, IDNR under the provisions of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.. NPDES (National Pollution Discharge Elimination System) is an EPA permit program that regulates direct discharges from wastewater treatment facilities that discharge into waters of the US. Wastewater treatment facilities are issued NPDES permits regulating their discharge as required by the Clean Water Act. A facility may have one or more dischargers. The location represents the facility where a discharge point of a discrete conveyance such as a pipe or man made ditch exists. For more detailed information about the NPDES program, go to: http://www.epa.gov/owmitnet/npdes.htm.
Description: This dataset contains well locations and other information for the groundwater-monitoring wells associated with Illinois coal mining permits. Well locations are derived from engineering scale paper maps received from coal mine operators. The Illinois State Water Survey did much of the early digitizing work for this dataset, and the Land Reclamation Division of the Office of Mines and Minerals continues to update it as new wells are completed. Attributes for each well include mining unit, permit number, pit name, and well ID code.
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Copyright Text: Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Mines and Minerals, Division of Land Reclamation
Description: The SMCRA Surface Water Sampling Sites are the SMCRA-related stream monitoring sites, both upstream and downstream necessary for site characterization for the permitting process. Generally, the Surface Water Monitoring Sites will remain active for the life of mining at surface mines and only be active during the permitting process for underground mines (although there is a couple of exceptions to this currently). These sites are used to establish the background (pre-mining) stream water quality both upstream and downstream of a proposed mine site during the permitting process. During the active life of a mine (again, generally a surface mine) these stream sampling points will be used to determine if any material damage is occurring to the stream as a result of the mining process. The locations are chosen by the applicant and usually for ease of access (e.g., at a road crossing).
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Copyright Text: Illinois Department of Natural Resources Office of Mines & Minerals Land Reclamation Division
Description: The Land Reclamation Division (LRD) maintains a statewide GIS database of pertinent geographic information, including the Bond Release Status of mined lands. Bond Release Status monitors the remaining liability of the monetary bond posted by mine operators to ensure proper reclamation of the mined area, or the area disturbed by mining, after mining is completed. Each mined area goes through three phases of reclamatiom. This pertains primarily to surface mines, but applicable to surface disturbance of underground mines as well. Phase I is the Grading Release, which involves filling in the hole caused by the mine. Phase II is the Vegetation Release, wherein the mine operator seeds the affected area to conform to the post-mining land use. In Phase III, the operator has to meet productivity standards set up in the post-mining land use plan, related to rate of agricultural or cropland production. Phase assignment is based on correspondence with the operators. An operator must make a formal request for each phase. Onsite visits ensure compliance. The Bond Release Status is used to monitor areas as they are reclaimed over time. The status and to some extent the geographic boundaries tend to be very dynamic in nature as there is frequent change. With statutory authority derived from the 1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) and equivalent state legislation, the IDNR Office of Mines and Minerals Land Reclamation Division receives maps and other documents from coal mine operators to monitor compliance. There are collateral Paradox databases on the LAN with more detailed administrative information.
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Copyright Text: Project was initiated by the Illinois State Geological Survey
Description: The ArcIMS Mpermit map service layer, Post-mining Land Use, is an attribute of the SDE geodatabase lrd_reclu. . The Land Reclamation Division (LRD) maintains a statewide GIS database of pertinent geographic information, including RECLU, the post-mining or reclamation land use coverage. The polygon attributes of RECLU identify the post-mining land use and soil capabilities within the permit. Each Permit has different layers associated with it, including a boundary coverage, post-mining land use (state of reclaimed property when reclamation process is complete), and an Annual Affected Acreage (identifies what land is mined in what years). There is a set of subdirectories, one for each individual permit, rather than one single statewide coverage. Each subdirectory contains a separate coverage for each of these four kinds of information, and potentially others as well. Each mined area goes through three phases of reclamatiom. This pertains primarily to surface mines, but is applicable to surface disturbances from underground mines as well. Phase I is the Grading Release, which involves filling in the hole caused by the mine. Phase II is the Vegetation Release, wherein the mine operator seeds the affected area to conform to the post-mining landuse. In Phase III, the operator has to meet productivity standards set up in the post-mining land use plan, related to rate of agricultural or cropland production. Phase assignment is based on correspondence with the operators. An operator must make a formal request for each phase. Onsite visits ensure compliance. The Bond Release Status is used to monitor areas as they are reclaimed over time. The status and to some extent the geographic boundaries tend to be very dynamic in nature as there is frequent change. With statutory authority derived from the 1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) and equivalent state legislation, the IDNR Office of Mines and Minerals Land Reclamation Division receives maps and other documents from coal mine operators to monitor compliance. There are collateral Paradox databases on the LAN with more detailed administrative information.
Service Item Id: 46fc344c879e4c65beb2d623a4c30f30
Copyright Text: Project was initiated by the Illinois State Geological Survey
Description: The Land Reclamation Division (LRD) maintains a statewide GIS database of pertinent geographic information, including AFFECTED, the affected acres coverage. Land within a permit which is adversely affected by mining or by direct support of mining must be reclaimed. Land parcels may be affected in different fical years and are refered to as annual affected acres. Each Permit has different layers associated with it, including a boundary coverage, post-mining land use (state of reclaimed property when reclamation process is complete), and an Annual Affected Acreage (identifies what land is mined in what years). Each mined area goes through three phases of reclamatiom. This pertains primarily to surface mines, but is applicable to surface disturbances from underground mines as well. Phase I is the Grading Release, which involves filling in the hole caused by the mine. Phase II is the Vegetation Release, wherein the mine operator seeds the affected area to conform to the post-mining landuse. In Phase III, the operator has to meet productivity standards set up in the post-mining land use plan, related to rate of agricultural or cropland production. Phase assignment is based on correspondence with the operators. An operator must make a formal request for each phase. Onsite visits ensure compliance. The Bond Release Status is used to monitor areas as they are reclaimed over time. The status and to some extent the geographic boundaries tend to be very dynamic in nature as there is frequent change. With statutory authority derived from the 1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) and equivalent state legislation, the IDNR Office of Mines and Minerals Land Reclamation Division receives maps and other documents from coal mine operators to monitor compliance. There are collateral Paradox databases on the LAN with more detailed administrative information.
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Copyright Text: Project was initiated by the Illinois State Geological Survey
Description: This dataset shows the boundaries of all coal-mining permits issued in Illinois from 1977 to present. Some attribute fields were modified in JAN 2009 to reflect standards presented in ASTM D7384-07.
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Copyright Text: Illinois DNR, Office of Mines and Minerals, Land Reclamation Division GIS Laboratory
Description: This feature class displays selected permits issued before May 3, 1978, the effective date of the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act.
Description: "Shadow area" means any area in which underground mine workings are approved under a permit. This area includes all resources above and below the coal that are protected by the State Act that may be adversely impacted by underground mining operations including impacts of subsidence With statutory authority derived from the 1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) and equivalent state legislation, the IDNR Office of Mines and Minerals Land Reclamation Division receives maps and other documents from coal mine operators to monitor compliance. There are collateral Paradox databases on the LAN with more detailed administrative information.
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Copyright Text: Project was initiated by the IDNR OMM LRD.
Description: This feature class documents the underground coal mined areas where slurry has been approved for injection. Slurry is fine coal mine waste suspended in water for transport and pumped underground for disposal. The Land Reclamation is the regulatory authority in Illinois that approves slurry disposal into old mine workings under provisions of State and Federal statutes. Additionally, a Class V injection well permit is required by IEPA.
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Copyright Text: Data assembled by IDNR OMM LRD from Mine Industry Maps.
Description: Outlines of areas mined for All Coals in Illinois. This information was extracted from detailed coal mine data stored in the ISGS Coal Section library database. Lines delineate the approximate outer boundary of individual mines (if known) or general mined areas. Interior mine boundaries such as pillars or small blocks of unmined coal are commonly not depicted. Outlines have been compiled from a variety of sources. Outlines of areas mined before 1987 are commonly from source maps at scales of 1:62,500 or smaller. Outlines of areas mined since 1987 are commonly digitized at scales ranging from 1:4800 to 1:12,000. Mines whose extent is not known or which only mined a few acres are not included in this coverage. Additional information is available from the Coal Section of the Illinois State Geological Survey. Mine outlines from completed Coal Mine Quadrangle Studies were included in this feature class if applicable. An ongoing study, the detailed Coal Mine Quadrangle maps depict the best-known position of mine boundaries with respect to individual properties as located on a USGS topographic map image base. For a list of completed quadrangles please visit the ISGS Coal Section website or contact the Coal Section. This datafile was compiled and updated in 2014 in order to provide a current, state-wide data set showing surface and underground coal. Due to the wide range of source map scales, these data are suitable for regional applications only at the 1:100,000 scale or smaller.
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Copyright Text: Data capture, compilation and library maintenance: Marge Bargh, Colin Treworgy, and other ISGS Coal Section staff Compilation of library tiles to create this product: Chris Korose Documentation: Cheri Chenoweth, Chris Korose, and Alan Myers Quality Review: Cheri Chenoweth, Chris Korose, and Alan Myers
Description: These data points are a series of locations identifying aggregate mines regulated by the BEU for surface reclamation/blasting and the proper handling of explosives. All aggregate mines fall under the regulatory authority of the BEU. Depending on individual site conditions, not all aggregate mining operations require an aggregate reclamation/mining permit. The staff of the BEU makes routine inspections of all permitted/non permitted sites to check on-site conditions and the necessity for a reclamation/mining permit. All field representatives have the authority to enter upon the land of an operator at all reasonable times for the purpose of inspection to determine compliance with THE SURFACE MINED-LAND CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION ACT - SMLCRA.SMLCRA covers all operators engaging in non-coal surface mining. Surface mining means the mining of any minerals by removing the overburden lying above natural deposits and mining directly from the natural deposits. Minerals include materials such as limestone, sand, gravel, silica sand, fire clay, fuller’s earth, peat, tripoli and other materials surface mined, except for coal. Active operators must register with the BEU and are subject to annual operating fees.
Description: The Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Division reclaims coal mine sites that were left abandoned prior to the implementation of federal coal mine reclamation standards which contain health and safety hazards and environmental problems resulting from past coal mining activities. The Division administers an emergency program to provide immediate assistance on coal mine-related problems which occur suddenly and are life-threatening, such as structures affected by mine subsidence, open mine shafts or pits, methane gas leaks and mine refuse fires. Federal law requires problem conditions to be reclaimed in a prioritized order of relative significance. The program addresses improperly sealed mine openings, escaping mine gases, mine refuse fires, hazardous equipment and facilities, dangerous impoundments, highwalls or embankments, flooding of roads, sites contributing to off-site pollution, acid water impoundments and coal refuse or mine spoils adversely affect land or water resources. The AML program maintains an inventory of problem sites and accepts site applications from the public.