(2) |
The facility may not be located:
(a) |
within or underlain by:
(i) |
national, state, or county parks; monuments or recreation areas; designated wilderness or wilderness study areas; or wild and scenic river areas; |
(ii) |
ecologically or scientifically significant natural areas, including wildlife management areas and habitats for listed or proposed endangered species as designated by federal law; |
(iii) |
100-year flood plains; |
(iv) |
areas 200 feet from Holocene faults; |
(v) |
underground mines, salt domes, or salt beds; |
(vi) |
dam failure flood areas; |
(vii) |
areas subject to landslide, mud flow, or other earth movement, unless adverse impacts can be mitigated; |
(viii) |
farmlands classified or evaluated as “prime,” “unique,” or of “statewide importance” by the U.S. Department of Agricultural Soil Conservation Service under the Prime Farmland Protection Act; |
(ix) |
areas within five miles of existing permanent dwellings, residential areas, or other habitable structures, including schools, churches, or historic structures; |
(x) |
areas within five miles of surface waters, including intermittent streams, perennial streams, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and wetlands; |
(xi) |
areas within 1,000 feet of archeological sites regarding which adverse impacts cannot reasonably be mitigated; |
(xii) |
recharge zones of aquifers containing groundwater which has a total dissolved solids content of less than 10,000 mg/l; or |
(xiii) |
drinking water source protection areas; |
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(b) |
in areas:
(i) |
above or underlain by aquifers that:
(A) |
contain groundwater which has a total dissolved solids content of less than 500 mg/l; and |
(B) |
do not exceed state groundwater standards for pollutants; |
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(ii) |
above or underlain by aquifers containing groundwater which has a total dissolved solids content between 3,000 and 10,000 mg/l, when the distance from the surface to the groundwater is less than 100 feet; |
(iii) |
of extensive withdrawal of water, gas, or oil; |
(iv) |
above or underlain by weak and unstable soils, including soils that lose their ability to support foundations as a result of hydrocompaction, expansion, or shrinkage; |
(v) |
above or underlain by karst terrains; or |
(vi) |
where air space use and ground transportation routes present incompatible risks and uses; or |
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(c) |
within a distance to existing drinking water wells and watersheds for public water supplies of five years groundwater travel time plus 1,000 feet. |
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