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C. No dams or embankments constructed of coal mine waste have been or proposed to be <br />constructed (4.11.5). <br />X. Backfilling and Grading <br />A. Backfilling and grading information can be found on pages 2.05 -8 and 2.05 -9, and on <br />Maps No. 10, 10A, 12, and 13 of the permit application. <br />The Division has approved TCLLC's plan for disposal of debris, acid - forming or toxic <br />materials, or materials constituting a fire hazard in a manner designed to prevent <br />contamination of ground or surface waters. A plan has been developed to prevent <br />sustained combustion of flammable materials. This plan addresses disposal of coal <br />material used as a base in the yard area. Coal material used as a base for the coal pad <br />during the operation of the facility, the sediment storage pile and miscellaneous coal <br />spilled and stockpiled around the site, including around the loadout facility, will be <br />segregated into one disposal area consisting of approximately 12,700 cubic yards. This <br />material will then be covered with at least four feet of non - toxic, non - combustible <br />material (4.14.3(1)(a)). <br />XL Revegetation <br />. <br />A. Pre - disturbance vegetation conditions are described on page 2.04 -14 and the revegetation <br />plan is presented on pages 2.05 -10 through 2.05 -14. <br />The pre - disturbance vegetation in the permit area and vegetation existing adjacent to the <br />permit area is predominantly irrigated agricultural crops, including fruit orchards with an <br />understory of pasture grasses and irrigated pasture land. <br />Upon final grading and topsoil replacement, the applicant proposes to reseed with <br />adapted grasses and forbs to achieve a post -mine land use of irrigated cropland. Page <br />2.05.12R in the permit application details the seed mix to be used. <br />Since the permit area for the Terror Creek Loadout is less than 40 acres in size (13.6 <br />acres total), the revegetation success standard is based on data collected in 1983 and 1984 <br />from an area immediately west of the Loadout. This area is shown on Map 4, entitled Pre <br />and Post Disturbance Land Use. The Division has determined that the area of data <br />collection is topographically and edaphically comparable to the disturbed area. Data <br />submitted has been used by the Division to set a revegetation success standard for <br />production in the reclaimed area at 2,700 lbs. /acre (4.15.7(2)(d)(vi)). <br />XII. Post - Mining Land Use <br />A. The Division is proposing to approve a post- mining land use of irrigated cropland. The <br />land use meets the criteria of Rule 4.16.3. <br />XIII. Protection of Fish. Wildlife, and Related Environmental Values <br />A. The applicant has proposed the use of persistent pesticides to the site during operation <br />and reclamation activities at the site. <br />19 <br />