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4.15.1 Mulching and Other Soil Stabilizing Practices <br />• The regraded and topsoiled areas will be treated with mulch as <br />set forth in Section 2.05.4 to reduce erosion, promote germina- <br />tion of seeds, and increase the moisture retention capability of <br />the soil. The mulch will be mechanically anchored to the soil <br />surface to ensure effective protection of the soil and vegeta- <br />tion. In addition to the mulching plan, other erosion control <br />methods will also be utilized on the reclaimed area. The materi- <br />al will be graded to minimize long and uninterrupted slopes. The <br />topsoil respreading will be done along the contour, as much as <br />possible, and will be followed by chisel plowing and contour <br />furrowing on steeper slopes. The use of contour furrowing on <br />steeper areas will reduce the formation of any rills or gullies <br />from surface run-off. <br />4.15.5 Grazing <br />Because of the compact nature of the reclaimed area, and the <br />proposed post-mining land used an undeveloped land and limited <br />residential use, no grazing will be conducted on the reclaimed <br />area. Therefore, the requirements of this Section are not ap- <br />plicable to the application. <br />4.15.6 Field Trials <br />No field trials for vegetation are anticipated for the mining <br />• operation. <br />4.15.7 Determining Revegetation Success: <br />General Requirements and Standards <br />The area of surface facility relocation is extremely compact, <br />approximately 8.4 acres in size. Likewise, this area has been <br />previously disturbed by the facilities of past underground mining <br />activity and several residential structures. Therefore, the Bear <br />Coal Company proposes to measure the success of revegetation <br />based on local environmental conditions and other available data <br />for similar sites. <br />. 4.15-2 <br />Revised June 29, 1990 <br />