A permit application shall contain a description of the existing premining resources within the proposed permit and adjacent area that may be affected by the proposed surface mining activities. The description shall include the information required in this subchapter. The Department may waive, wholly or in part, the requirements of this subchapter for any category of surface mining operation, if the Department determines that the requirement is not needed to evaluate impacts on public health and safety and the environment.
25 Pa. Code § 77.401