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<br />The Division has approved Terror Creek Company's plan for disposal <br />of debris, acid-forming or toxic materials, or materials con- <br />stituting a fire hazard in a manner designed to prevent contamina- <br />tion of ground or surface waters. A plan has been developed to <br />prevent sustained combustion of flammable materials. This plan <br />addresses disposal of coal material used as a base in the yard area. <br />Coal material used as a base for the coal pad during the operation <br />of the facility, the sediment storage pile and miscellaneous coal <br />spilled and stockpiled around the site, including around the loadout <br />facility, will be segregated into one disposal area consisting of <br />approximately 12,700 cubic yards. This material will then be <br />covered with at least four feet of non-toxic, non-combustible <br />material (4 .14.3 (1)(a)). <br />XI. Revegetation <br />A. Pre-disturbance vegetation conditions are described on page 2.04-14 <br />and the revegetation plan is presented on pages 2.05-10 through <br />2.05-14. <br />The pre-disturbance vegetation in the permit area and vegetation <br />existing adjacent to the permit area is predominantly irrigated <br />agricultural crops, including fruit orchards with an understory of <br />pasture grasses and irrigated pasture land. <br />Upon final grading and topsoiling, the applicant proposes to reseed <br />with adapted grasses and forbs to achieve a post-mine land use of <br />irrigated cropland. Page 2.05.12R in the permit application details <br />the seed mix to be used. <br />Since the permit area for the Terror Creek Loadout is less than 40 <br />acres in size (20 acres total), the revegetation success standard is <br />based on data collected in 1983 and 1984 from an area immediately <br />west of the loadout. This area is shown on Map 4, entitled Pre and <br />Post Disturbance Land Use. The Division has determined that the <br />area of data collection is topographically and edaphically <br />comparable to the disturbed area. Data submitted has been used by <br />the Division to set a revegetation success standard for production <br />in the reclaimed area at 2,700 lbs./acre (4.15.7 (2)(d)(vi)). <br />XII. Post-Minina Land Use <br />A. The Division is proposing to approve a post-mining land use of <br />irrigated cropland. The 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 <br />site during operation and reclamation activities at the site. <br />Terror Creek Loadout Page 18 <br />