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VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks <br />A. The Terror Creek Loadout will not require coal mine waste banks; therefore, this section does <br />not apply (4.10). <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste <br />A. No coal mine waste from the Terror Creek Loadout will be returned to underground workings <br />(4.11.3). <br />B. Disposal of non-coal waste was handled as required (4.11.4). <br />C. No dams or embankments constructed of coal mine waste have been or proposed to be <br />constructed (4.11.5). <br />X. Backfilling and Grading <br />A. Backfilling and grading information can be found on pages 2.05-8 and 2.05-9, and on Maps <br />No. 10, l OA, 12, and 13 of the permit application. <br />The Division has approved Terror Creek Company's plan for disposal of debris, acid-forming <br />or toxic materials, or materials constituting a fire hazard in a manner designed to prevent <br />contamination of ground or surface waters. A plan has been developed to prevent sustained <br />combustion of flammable materials. This plan addresses disposal of coal material used as a <br />base in the yard area. Coal material used as a base for the coal pad during the operation ofthe <br />facility, the sediment storage pile and miscellaneous coal spilled and stockpiled around the <br />site, including around the loadout facility, will be segregated into one disposal area consisting <br />of approximately 12,700 cubic yards. This material will then be covered with at least four <br />feet of non-toxic, non-combustible material (4.14.3(1)(a)). <br />XI. Reve etation <br />A. Pre-disturbance vegetation conditions are described on page 2.04-14 and the revegetation plan <br />is presented on pages 2.05-10 through 2.05-14. <br />The pre-disturbance vegetation in the permit area and vegetation existing adjacent to the <br />permit area is predominantly irrigated agricultural crops, including fruit orchards with an <br />understory of pasture grasses and irrigated pasture land. <br />Upon final grading and topsoiling, the applicant proposes to reseed with adapted grasses and <br />forbs to achieve a post-mine land use of irrigated cropland. Page 2.05.12R in the permit <br />application details the seed mix to be used. <br />Since the permit area for the Terror Creek Loadout is less than 40 acres in size (13.6 acres <br />total), the revegetation success standard is based on data collected in 1983 and 1984 from an <br />area immediately west of the loadout. This area is shown on Map 4, entitled Pre and Post <br />Disturbance Land Use. The Division has determined that the area of data collection is <br />topographically and edaphically comparable to the disturbed area. Data submitted has been <br />used by the Division to set a revegetation success standard for production in the reclaimed <br />area at 2,700 lbs./acre (4.15.7(2)(d)(vi)). <br />16