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r <br />• 4.15.8 REVEGETATION SUCCESS CRITERIA <br />EFCI will comply with all revegetation success standards as set forth in 4.15.8. <br />The parameters of cover, production, diversity, and shrub density for <br />revegetated mine and loadout areas will be measured and evaluated to <br />determ ine statistical equivalence with corresponding reference areas. Additional <br />information on revegetation success criteria and evaluation methods is <br />presented in Section 2.05.4, Reclamation Plan. <br />4.15.9 REVEGETATION SUCCESS CRITERIA: CROPLAND <br />As documented in Section 2.04.3, Site Description and Land Use Information, <br />there are no areas which are or have been utilized as cropland within either the <br />mine or loadout areas. Consequently, the provisions of this section are not <br />applicable to the Southfield operations. <br />4.15.10 REVEGETATION SUCCESS CRITERIA: PREVIOUSLY MINED <br />LANDS: AREAS TO BE DEVELOPED FOR INDUSTRIAL OR <br />RESIDENTIAL USE <br />EFCI believes that most of the mine facility area was disturbed by pre-law <br />mining, and that the previous mining was abandoned prior to development of <br />the Southfield Mine. The area was not reclaimed in compliance with currently <br />applicable regulations and was re-disturbed by Southfield's operations. Since <br />there is currently insufficient evidence available to EFCI to prove that the area <br />was abandoned prior to re-disturbance by existing operations, EFCI will comply <br />with revegetation success standards as set forth in 4.15.8. <br />EFCI submitted information to the Division, in November 1997, demonstrating <br />that pre-law mining existed, was not in use, and was not reclaimed within the <br />facilities area. EFCI may provide further evidence of the above conditions and, <br />upon approval of the Division, adopt revised revegetation standards in <br />accordance with Rule 4.15.10(1) to effectively control erosion. <br />4.15 - 5 Revised 02/16/01 <br />Technical Revision No. 29 <br />