REV00063

• Permit No: C1980006
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 12/9/1992
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION & FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE FOR RN2
• Type & Sequence: RN2
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

techniques can be found starting on page 779-56aa. The Division approved
these techniques November 14, 1980 (4.15.7(1)).
4. Comparisons between reclaimed and undisturbed areas, in order to demonstrate
that success criteria of 4.15.8, 4.15.9, or 4.15.10 have been met, will be based on
the following:
Reference area comparison will be employed when considering
reclamation success with production and cover measurements. Reference
areas have been selected for both the mine site and the tipple and have
been approved by the Division. Success standards have been selected and
supported with literature citations. The Division has approved a woody
plant density standard of 2,000 stems per acre to apply to both the tipple
area and the mine site. the Division approved separate success standards
for the mine site and the tipple area. As noted on page 816-157b of the
permit application, "species diversity on the reclaimed areas at the Kerr
tipple will be deemed to have been successfully accomplished when the
three dominant plant species on the reclaimed area account for at least
54% of the plant composition and do not account for more than 75% of
the plant composition, provided that at least one of the three dominant
plant species is a forb and that none of the three dominant plant species
comprise less than three percent of the total plant composition."
According to a Kerr letter of 2/22/82, species diversity of the Kerr Mine
will be considered a success "...when reclaimed areas compose no more
than 83% of the species composition and no single species composes
more than 40% of the species composition."
The Division proposes to approve the basis for this comparison.
5. The Division proposes to approve of the reference areas which the applicant has
selected based on the requirements of Rule 4.15.7(3).
6. The reference areas will be utilized to determine cover and productivity success
of reclaimed area in a manner which the Division finds acceptable [4.15.7(4)].
7. Based on information submitted by Kerr Coal on pages 780-78bbb to 780-78eee,
the woody plant density standard is 2,000 stems per acre [4.15.8(3) and (4)].
VII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values
1. The applicant has proposed the use of persistent pesticides on the site during
mining and/or reclamation operations only if necessary. Kerr will consult with
Marr Strip Mine, C-80-006 24 December 9, 1992