Designation:D7627–10StandardPracticeforMinimumGeospatialDataforLandReclamationandPerformanceBondStatusofaPermittedCoalMine1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD7627;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticecoverstheminimumelementsfortheaccuratelocationanddescriptionofgeospatialdatafordefiningthelandreclamationandperformancebondstatusofapermit-tedcoalmine.1.1.1Hereafter,referencetobondstatusmeansperformancebondstatus.1.1.2Thispracticeaddressescoalmininggeospatialbound-arydatarelativetotheSurfaceMiningControlandReclama-tionActof1977(SMCRA),includinginterimandpermanentprogramlands.2Thisgeospatialdatashallbeobtainedfromeachstate,tribalorfederal(orcombinationsthereof)coalminingregulatoryauthority(RA)authorizedunderSMCRAtoregulatesurfacecoalminingoperations(SCMO).EachRAshallbetheauthoritativedatasource(ADS)forcoalmininggeospatialdata.1.1.3Asusedinthispractice,thelandreclamationstatusofthesurfaceareasofapermittedcoalminingoperationrepre-sentstheareawherecoalremovalandreclamationandrelatedsupportingactivitieshasoccurred,isoccurring,orisplannedandauthorizedbytheRAwithinadefinedSCMO.1.1.4NotallRAsusethesameSMCRAbondreleasephasedefinitions.Forexample,SMCRAusesthreephaseswhereassomeRAsusefourphases.1.1.5ParticipationinthecompilationofspatialdataisnotuniformacrossRAs,whichmayaffectcompleteness,bothintermsofspatialdataandassociatedattributes.ForsomeRAs,thisstandardmaynotbeapplicablebecausefeaturesdescribedhereindonotoccurwithintheirareaofresponsibility.1.1.6ThisstandardisoneofseveralindevelopmentrelatedtoSMCRAapprovedcoalminingoperations.Alsounderdevelopmentisaterminologystandard.Initialdevelopmentofthesestandardsisbeingdoneonanindividualbasis(SeePracticeD7384),howevertheymaybeconsolidatedtoreducerepetitionofinformationbetweenthem.1.2...
