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• Page 371 <br />C Section 4.25.4 <br />(4) Replace the B horizon or other suitable material specified in 4.25.3(2) <br />to the thickness needed to meet the requirements of 4.25.4(1). <br />(5) Replace the A horizon or other suitable soil materials specified in <br />4.25.3(1) as the final surface soil layer. T ' surface soi layer shall <br />equal or exceed the thickness of the original soil as determine m <br />2.06.6(2)(a), and be replaced in a manner that protects the surface layer <br />from wind and water erosion before it is seeded or planted. <br />(6) Apply nutrients and soil amendments according to the results of soil <br />tests taken after regrading and topsoiling but prior to seeding as <br />approved by the Division to quickly establish vegetative growth. <br />4.25.5 Revegetation. <br />120(2)(t) Each person who conducts surface coal mining activities on prime farmland <br />shall meet the following revegetation requirements during reclamation: <br />(1) Following soil replacement, that person shall establish a vegetation <br />• cover capable of stabilizing the soil surface with respect to erosion. All <br />( vegetation shall be in compliance with the plan approved by the <br />Division under 2.06.6 and carried out in a manner that encourages <br />prompt vegetation cover and recovery of productive capacity. The <br />timing and mulching provisions of 4.15 shall be met. <br />(2) Within a time period specified in the permit, but not to exceed 10 years <br />after completion of ac mg and rough grading, any portion of the <br />ermit area which is prime a an must a used for crops commonly <br />- grown, such as corn, soybeans, cotton, grain, hay, sorghum, w eat, <br />oats, barley, or other crops on surroun mg prune a e cro s <br />may Ue grown in rotation with hay or pasture crops as defined for <br />c The Division may approve a crop use of perennial plants for <br />hay, where this is a common long -term use of prime farmland soils in <br />the surrounding area. Where one or more row crops are the dominant <br />crops grown on prime farmland in the area, that row crop requiring the <br />greatest rooting depth shall be chosen as the reference crop. The level <br />of management shall be equivalent to that based on non -mined prime <br />farmland in the surrounding area. <br />(3) Measurement of success in prime farmland revegetation will be <br />determined based upon the techniques approved in the permit by the <br />10 Division under 2.06.6. At a minimum, the following shall be met: <br />