Mine Mapping and Surveying - Coal Waste Impoundments: Risks, Responses, and Alternatives - page 64

TABLE 4.1 Required State Surveying Closure Standards
State Mine Surveys Property Surveys

AL 1:10,000 for urban/commercial/high risk

1:7,500 for suburban
1:5,000 for rural

IL ALTA * standards.

IN None specified.

KY None/federal 1:10,000 for urban/commercial/high risk

1:5,000 for rural

MD 1:15,000 for urban/commercial/high risk

1:10,000 for suburban
1:7,500 for rural
1:5,000 for mountains and marshland

OH ** 1:5,000 1:5,000 for urban/commercial/high risk

PA None specified.

TN None 1:10,000 for urban/commercial high risk

1:7,500 for suburban
1:5,000 for rural

VA Same as rural 1:20,000

1:10,000

WV None specified.

* ALTA: American Land Title Association (1:15,000—urban, commercial/high risk; 1:10,000
suburban; 1:7,500—rural; 1:5,000—mountains and marshland)
** Data for Ohio: Mark Jones, Ohio State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and
Surveyors, personal communication, 2001.
SOURCE: C.Gillian and M.Wooldridge, Alliance Consulting, personal communication, 2001

mine foreman authorize the active section to be abandoned or pillars to be
recovered until the final depth of each heading has been recorded. The
committee recommends that the mine foremen and surveyors be required
to record the depth of the last cut taken to a level of accuracy to be
determined by MSHA. It is imperative that any areas not completely
surveyed be noted as such.