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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-VII - Mitigation Plan

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

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Section 11-8-8-2-A-4-VII - Mitigation Plan

Ground cover and forage productivity must equal or exceed the standards for Phase III liability release for at least two sampling years during the second through the fourth years following completion of the last augmented seeding. If productivity is not achieved by these dates, the permittee must submit a mitigation plan to the Permit Board which includes the following:

A. a statement outlining the problem;
B. a discussion of what practices, beyond normal farming practices, the operator intends to use to enable the area to finally meet the release standards; and
C. a new Phase III liability release plan.

If any practice which constitutes augmentation is employed, the five year responsibility period shall restart after the mitigation plan is approved and the practices are completed.

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