The Mines (Notice of Abandonment) Regulations 1998

Information for notice of abandonment under section 91B(1)

1.—(1) The name and address of the operator and, if different, the owner of the mine.

(2) Details of any changes to the names and addresses referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above likely to occur before the latest date for any abandonment specified in the notice.

(3) The nature and date of each proposed abandonment, specifying (if relevant) the appropriate sub-paragraph or sub-paragraphs under section 91A(1)(a).

(4) The name and address of the mine, including an Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference for its address.

(5) A description and schematic drawing showing the area, extent and depth below the surface of—

(a) the mine;

(b) where not all of the mine is to be abandoned, that part which it is proposed to abandon;

(c) any relevant seam, vein or vein system; and

(d) any shaft or outlet of the mine.

(6) The volume of water discharged to the surface from the mine, and from any part of the mine, to be abandoned, for the two years prior to the date of the notice.

(7) The latest information available to the operator on the extent and chemical composition of underground water in the worked areas of the mine.

(8) The projected volume of water discharged to the surface from the mine, and from any part of the mine, to be abandoned for the period from the date of the notice to the date of each abandonment specified in it.

(9) Proposals for the monitoring of groundwater levels and the chemical composition of water in the worked areas of the mine from the date of the notice to the date of each abandonment specified in it.

(10) Proposals to—

(a) treat, lessen or prevent the discharge of water from the mine; or

(b) treat water in the mine.

(11) The operator’s opinion as to the likelihood of any of the following matters occurring as a consequence of the abandonment—

(a) the flooding of any worked areas, such areas to be shown on a plan or a schematic drawing identifying the location and extent of such workings;

(b) the migration of water to any other mine (whether or not abandoned) and the name of any such mine;

(c) the recovery levels of ground water within the mine workings being reached and the period of time within which those levels will be reached; and

(d) the discharge of water on to land or into surface water, and the location and chemical composition of any such discharge,

together with the information on which the opinion is based.

(12) The operator’s opinion as to the volume of water likely to be discharged to the surface from the mine, and from any part of the mine, to be abandoned, for a period of at least two years from the date of the last abandonment specified in the notice, together with the information on which the opinion is based.