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become well established on the cut slopes above the rip-rapped base and side slopes. <br />Vegetative cover varies from about 60% to over 80% at the cut slopes. However, <br />quantitative vegetative cover estimates are difficult to make because the areas affected by <br />the permit aze very small, usually less than twenty feet in length at each site. Qualitative <br />visual observations indicate that a vegetative cover well in excess of 40% is present at <br />each location, and that the cover is adequate in extent to prevent erosion from occumng. <br />Termination Criteria <br />All termination criteria have been met at the Coal Basin Mine Pond Reclamation <br />Stormwater Permit area. <br />The work at the ponds was completed during the fall of 1999. The work was successful, <br />and no maintenance or other earth-disturbing activities have taken place since that time. <br />Vegetative cover is sufficient to prevent erosion from occurring at each excavated <br />embankment. <br />None of the work at the ponds contacted or exposed raw materials, intermediate <br />products, byproducts, finished products or waste products associated with coal <br />mining activities. Therefore, removal or permanent isolation of any such products <br />was not necessary. <br />All soil-disturbing activities have been completed. No further reclamation work <br />is planned or anticipated at any of the reclaimed azeas. <br />Vegetative cover within the individual areas covered by the permit exceeds 40%, <br />and is sufficient in extent to prevent erosion of the affected azeas. <br />