Section 300.160  Affected Acreage Map

a)         When to File

            On or before April 1 of each year, every permit holder shall submit to the Department and to the county clerk, MLCR Form 3, "Detail Map of Affected Land."  This map shall be of the land from which the overburden has been removed, together with the unmined land upon which the overburden is deposited.  An extension to this filing date may be granted when, in the opinion of the Department, the extension is for good cause (e.g., extended periods of illness, extreme inclement weather, acts of civil unrest, or other emergency situations) and not due to lack of diligence on the part of the operator.

b)         Execution

            The forms shall be duly executed and duplicate maps shall be attached showing the land affected during the fiscal year just ended.  The Department may require the map to be executed by an engineer registered in the State of Illinois.

c)         Form

            The map shall be planned as a continuous map, as far as possible, so that the land affected each year may be added and indicated on the map by the dates it was affected.  All maps are to be blue or black line prints or scaled aerial photographs.

d)         Scale

            The scale of the map shall be reasonable to the area of land affected so as to show necessary detail and so that the area affected may be included within a map, width not to exceed 42 inches.

e)         Detail

            All maps shall show section, township, range and county lines coming within the scope of the map access to the area from the nearest public road and all weather roads within the mined area; a title containing name of operator, address, scale of map, by whom map was drawn, name of surveyor or engineer.

f)         Amendment to Permit Required

            If the area of affected land is in excess of the estimated acreage in the original permit and any amendments thereto, an application for an amendment to the permit necessary to include such additional acreage shall be made consistent with the Act and this Part, including, but not limited to, Section 300.90 of this Part.

(Source:  Amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 4372, effective March 11, 2002)