Ohio Administrative Code|Rule 1501:14-4-01 | Geological data report.

                                                
(A) Each application for a surface mining
		  permit shall contain a geological data report, on forms prescribed by the
		  chief, of the results of test borings for each mining area that the operator
		  has conducted or otherwise has readily available. The location from which the
		  test boring results are determined shall include the complete stratigraphic
		  column to be affected and shall be shown on all maps. More than one test boring
		  report may be required where necessary to adequately show the stratigraphic
		  column in the mining area. The report shall include the following information
		  for each stratum to be affected:
(1)  The thickness of
			 each stratum of overburden, mineral or coal deposit as it occurs in its natural
			 state, from the surface to at least five feet below the deepest level of
			 mining;
(2)  The name and
			 geologic description of each stratum; and
(3)  An identification of
			 the strata to be produced.
(B) For those operations located in coal
		  bearing regions of Ohio, each stratum to be excavated within the permit area,
		  with the exception of topsoil, subsoil, limestone, and any other mineral to be
		  produced, shall be designated as acid producing or non-acid producing. Strata
		  designated as acid producing shall be handled in accordance with rule
		  1501:14-3-02 of the Administrative Code. Any strata designated as non-acid
		  producing shall be analyzed by a competent commercial laboratory or its
		  equivalent, as approved by the chief, for the pH and the calcium carbonate
		  deficiency according to the following procedures:
(1)  For pH: The contents
			 of all samples shall be reduced to such size as will permit the particles of
			 the entire sample to pass through a 250 micron sieve, size 60 ASTM. All samples
			 shall be tested by measuring the pH of a 2:1 soil (or pulverized rock)
			 distilled water mixture, or a saturated paste of the soil using distilled
			 water, with a glass electrode pH meter. The method used shall be described on
			 an attachment to the test boring report; and
(2)  For the calcium
			 carbonate deficiency:
(a)  Sulfur content: The content of all samples shall be reduced
				to such size as will permit the particles of the entire sample to pass through
				a 250 micron sieve, size 60 ASTM. Samples shall be analyzed for either total
				sulfur content or pyritic sulfur content by standard recognized analytical
				methods such as ASTM International methods of analyses for total sulfur
				content. The website for ASTM international is
				http://www.astm.org.
If samples are not fractionated to provide
				analyses of only pyritic sulfur content, analyses showing total sulfur content
				will be presumed to indicate pyritic sulfur content;
(b)  Neutralization potential: The contents of all samples shall
				be reduced to such size as will permit the particles of the entire sample to
				pass through a 250 micron sieve, size 60 ASTM. Samples shall be analyzed by
				standard recognized analytical methods; and
(c)  Calcium carbonate deficiency: Multiply the percentage of
				sulfur content by 31.24 and subtract from the product the total neutralization
				potential expressed in units of tons per thousand tons of
				material.
(C) Results of tests conducted in
		  accordance with paragraph (B) of this rule shall be submitted with the
		  geological data report.
(D) If test borings have not been
		  conducted or are not readily available in an area that is being or has been
		  mined, the information required in paragraphs (A) and (B) of this rule may be
		  determined from an existing mining face where the strata to be affected are
		  exposed.