Designation:D7609/D7609M–10StandardPracticeforMinimumGeospatialDataforanAbandonedMineLandProjectSite1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD7609/D7609M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticecoverstheminimumelementsfortheaccuratelocationanddescriptionofgeospatialdatafordefininganabandonedmineland(AML)projectsite.1.1.1ThispracticeaddressesmininggeospatialdatarelativetotheSurfaceMiningControlandReclamationActof1977(SMCRA).2Thisgeospatialdatashallbeobtainedfromeachstate,tribal,orfederal(orcombinationsthereof)coalminingregulatoryauthority(RA)authorizedunderSMCRAtoreclaimthesurfaceandundergroundeffectsofpastminingoperations.Abandonedmineland,asspecifiedinSMCRASections404(coal),409and411(non-coal)andcross-referencedinaddi-tionalsectionsoneligiblelands,consistofthoselandsandwaterswhichwereminedforcoalorotherminerals(orboth)orimpactedbyprocessingoperationspriortotheenactmentofSMCRAandabandonedorleftinaninadequateconditionofreclamationandforwhichthereisnocontinuingreclamationresponsibilityunderstateorotherfederallawsformitigationofadverseimpactstohumanhealthandsafetyorenvironmentalresources.1.1.2TitleIVofSMCRAestablishesthenationalAMLReclamationProgramundertheOfficeofSurfaceMiningReclamationandEnforcement(OSMRE),U.S.DepartmentoftheInterior(DOI).Theprogramwasdevelopedtoreclaimlandandwaterresourcesadverselyaffectedbypastcoalandnon-coalminingandleftabandonedorinadequatelyrestored.DuringtheyearsimmediatelyfollowingtheenactmentofSMCRA,OSMRE,states,andIndiantribesconductedsurveysofeligiblelandsandwatersandcreatedindividualinventoriesofproblemstobeaddressedunderTitleIV.In1990,SMCRAwasamendedandOSMREwasrequiredtomaintainanationalinventoryofhighpriorityabandonedminesitesandprovidestandardizedproceduresforstatesandtribestouseinupdatingthed...
