PERMFILE123421

• Permit No: C1981053
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Section_Exhibit Name: 2.05.4 RECLAMATION PLAN
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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The Division hasbrought to Blue Flame Coal I•line's attention that the
standard practice of reclamation is ±'~ perform all. the required activities prior
t.o the Period of greatest precipitation. In this area, the greatest precioitation
on the North facing slope would occur during the winter rranths. Therefore, BLUE
iZA!•lE COAI. MINE revises the table to reflect reclamation xcuring in September and
October.
R6'CLAM:+TION TIh1E TABLE
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ACTTVTTY
(1) DISMANTLING SURFACE FACILITIES
SALE OF SALVAGED EQCIIPMEN'P AND
COAL S'IC)CKPILES I3ACKFILLING FJVD
SEALING OF MINE 1?ORTALS
(2) REGRADING OF TiiE PERMIT AREA
(3) 'TOPSOIL DISBURSEh~NT CC4~IPACTING,
ROUGI ~ I NC',
(~) :;EEDING ~wD r"UfA.11ICJG WI'191 EROSION
(5) P1r~rJT'1NG :i IRCC, i llX i~IJJ) 'PR1~4:S
SEPTEMBER 15 thrv
SEP'IENBER 30
OCTOBER 1
l..J
(6) ;EFIIILIZAiIGiJ
(7) EROSION COP!! LY)L, : N`_;Pc;CTIOP! ~:iJ~?
P~~,l::r;~.r>:wcE or Dn~hir,rorJ cl+r.n~m,.:,
TIME PERIOD
AS NEEDED
SEPTEP•iBER 1 thru
SEPTEMBER 15
OCTOBER 7
cx•roBER la
:SL'PTrME'ER 20 UTiTIL
t•k~ IAr'r,ER i:'I?CE SARY
Fegarding the Div.isi,~ns cnncet~~ u. :. 15 in '.he ht<irch 3, i53G, Fv]eGuacy
Revica: [,otter to FLUE FLAA;C COiti, M`\C, rwrsc><~~,1 {:~ r':~rye ;r ion success criteria
for a herbaceous vegetation ccrrminity, cover of 'tro =e~.~getated area shall be at
least ?0$ of the cover as determined from nny referenced area outside the disturbed
area and appro~«] ~.;ith 90~ statist:c,~1 confidence. For the '.;oody veyetation can-
itr~nities, cover of the revegetated area sha1.L be ,~t .least ~0"s of the cover as det-
ermiined frcm arty similar reference area outs.i~9e the disturbed area, and meet the ap-
Lrrn~:~~i standard t;iih 30~ s[at.istica]. confidence. BLUE F7,AJ~6. GOAh MI?!E will demon-
strate ~~ia a Seil c'c;aerv,~tien Service survey that ade~7uate species diversity has
been achiwed „r. the. raveg~atated area. BI,LtE eT.ANIE; COAL hUPE '.a'_11 al o dcaronstrate
that. the cegetat_o{Z ~•n the reclaimed surface consists of a mixture of the species
of the sane seascnal variety native to the ores of the disturbed lard, or of species
that wil]. sunoo-t tl-n~~'os; mining land use. 'vegetation on the reclaimed surface wit
be e~Jrtal to or sup.•r._or in ut t.lity for the airproved post mining lard use when ccm-
pared a:ith the uli~it.y of naL'.trall} cccuring ve,et:ation during each season of the
'fear.