R647-4-110. Reclamation Plan

Each notice of intention shall include a reclamation plan, including maps or drawings as necessary, consisting of a narrative description of the proposed reclamation including: (1) A statement of the current land use and the proposed postmining land use for the disturbed area; (2) A description of the manner and the extent to which roads, highwalls, slopes, impoundments, drainages, pits and ponds, piles, shafts and adits, drill holes, and similar structures will be reclaimed; (3) A detailed description of any surface facilities to be left as part of the postmining land use, including buildings, utilities, roads, pads, ponds, pits and surface equipment; (4) A description of the treatment, location and disposition of any deleterious or acid-forming materials generated and left on-site, including a map showing the location of such materials upon the completion of reclamation; (5) A planting program as best calculated to revegetate the disturbed area. (a) Plans shall include, at a minimum, grading or stabilization procedures, topsoil replacement, seed bed preparation, seed mixtures and rates, and timing of seeding with fall seeding preferred; (b) Where there is no original protective cover, an alternate practical procedure must be proposed to minimize or control erosion or siltation. (6) A signed statement that the operator will conduct reclamation as required by these rules. (7) The notice of intention, reclamation plan, and surety must all be in the same operator's name.