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Title 11 - Mississippi Department of Environmental QualityPart 8 - Geology RegulationsChapter 2 - Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality Regulations Governing Surface Coal MiningAppendix 11-8-2-A - To The Administrative Procedures Act Rules
Rule 11-8-8-2-A-4 - Phase III Revegetation Success Standards for Pasture and Previously Mined Areas
Section 11-8-8-2-A-4-I - Introduction

11 Miss. Code. R. 8-8-2-A-4-I

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Section 11-8-8-2-A-4-I - Introduction

This policy describes the criteria and procedures for determining Phase III ground cover and production success for areas being restored to pasture and previously mined areas.

Ground cover and production success on pasture must be determined on the basis of the following conditions:

1. general revegetation requirements of the approved permit;
2. ground cover density; and
3. production.

The permittee is responsible for determining and measuring ground cover and production and submitting this data to the Department for evaluation. Procedures for making these determinations are described in this document.

For areas previously disturbed by mining that were not reclaimed to the standards of these regulations and that are remined or otherwise redisturbed by surface coal mining operations, as a minimum, the vegetative ground cover shall not be less than the ground cover existing before redisturbance and shall be adequate to control erosion. This ground cover standard must have been determined and incorporated into the permit prior to disturbance. There is no productivity standard.

11 Miss. Code. R. 8-8-2-A-4-I