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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-6 - Phase III Revegetation Success Standards for Recreation Land
Section 11-8-8-2-A-6-III - Success Standards and Measurement Frequency

11 Miss. Code. R. 8-8-2-A-6-III

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Section 11-8-8-2-A-6-III - Success Standards and Measurement Frequency
A. Ground Cover
1. Vegetative ground cover shall not be less than that required to achieve the approved postmining land use.
2. Ground cover shall be considered acceptable if it is equal to a density of seventy percent at a ninety percent statistical confidence level (one sided test with a .10 alpha error). This does not mean seventy percent of a reference area; ground cover must average seventy percent of all the points sampled.

The aggregate of areas with less than seventy percent ground cover must not exceed five percent of the release area. These areas must not be larger than one acre and must be completely surrounded by desirable vegetation which has a ground cover of seventy percent. Ground cover must be measured over the entire area which is proposed for release. Areas void of desirable vegetation may not be larger than 1/4 acre and must be surrounded by desirable vegetation which has a ground cover of seventy percent.

3. Ground cover shall be sampled once during the last year of the five-year responsibility period. Follow procedures outlined in Addenda A and I.
4. No more than thirty percent of the stand can consist of approved species not listed in the permit.
B. Tree and Shrub Stocking Rate

The success standard for the tree and shrub stocking rate shall be determined on a specific permit basis with consultation and approval of the Mississippi Forestry Commission. Also, eighty percent of the countable trees and shrubs must have been in place for three years. The permittee must provide documentation of this in the form of paid receipts, reclamation status reports, and normal correspondence. The inspection section shall also verify plantings by noting in their inspection reports planting dates of specified areas.

The tree and shrub stocking rate shall be sampled once during the last year of the five-year responsibility period.

11 Miss. Code. R. 8-8-2-A-6-III