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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />Collom -iii Revision Date: 1/23/09 <br />Revision No.: PR -03 <br />4.05.4 <br />4.05.5 <br />Stream Channel Diversions (Relocation of Streams) ..................... ..............................6 <br />Sediment Control Measures ............................................................ ..............................6 <br />4.05.6 <br />Sedimentation Ponds ...................................................................... ..............................7 <br />4.05.7 <br />Discharge Structures ....................................................................... ..............................9 <br />4.05.8 <br />Acid- forming and Toxic - Forming Spoil ......................................... ..............................9 <br />4.05.9 <br />Post- Mining Impoundments ........................................................... ..............................9 <br />4.05.10 <br />Underground Mine Entry and Access Discharges ........................ ..............................1 l <br />4.05.11 <br />Groundwater Protection ................................................................ ..............................1 l <br />4.05.12 <br />Protection of Groundwater Recharge Capacity ............................. .............................11 <br />4.05.13 <br />Surface and Groundwater Monitoring ........................................... .............................11 <br />4.05.14 <br />— 4.05.18 Various Topics .................................................................................. .............................18 <br />4.06 <br />TOPSOIL ......................................................................................... .............................18 <br />GeneralRequirements ................................................................... .............................18 <br />Removal......................................................................................... .............................19 <br />Storage........................................................................................... .............................19 <br />Redistribution................................................................................ .............................20 <br />Reconditioning............................................................................... .............................21 <br />4.07 <br />SEALING OF DRILLED HOLES AND UNDERGROUND OPENINGS .................21 <br />4.08 <br />USE OF EXPLOSIVES ................................................................... .............................21 <br />4.08.2 <br />Pre -Blast Survey ............................................................................ .............................21 <br />4.09 <br />DISPOSAL OF EXCESS SPOIL .................................................... .............................22 <br />4.10-4.12 <br />DISPOSAL OF EXCESS SPOIL .................................................... .............................23 <br />4.13 <br />CONTEMPORANEOUS RECLAMATION ................................... .............................23 <br />4.14 <br />BACKFIL,LING AND GRADING .................................................. .............................25 <br />4.14.1 <br />4.14.2 <br />General Requirements ................................................................... .............................25 <br />General Grading Requirements ..................................................... .............................26 <br />4.14.3 <br />Covering Coal and Acid and Toxic Forming Materials ................. .............................26 <br />4.14.4 <br />Thin Overburden ............................................................................ .............................26 <br />4.14.5 <br />Thick Overburden .......................................................................... .............................26 <br />4.14.6 <br />Re- grading or Stabilizing Rills and Gullies ................................... .............................26 <br />4.15 <br />REVEGETATION REQUIREMENTS ........................................... .............................26 <br />4.15.1 — <br />4.15.7 Revegetation Requirements, Various ............................................ .............................27 <br />GeneralRequirements ................................................................... .............................27 <br />VegetationMonitoring ................................................................... .............................27 <br />Useof Introduced Species ............................................................. .............................27 <br />Seedingand Planting ..................................................................... .............................27 <br />Mulching and Other Soil Stabilizing Practices .............................. .............................27 <br />Grazing.......................................................................................... .............................28 <br />FieldTrials ..................................................................................... .............................28 <br />4.15.7 <br />DETERMINING REVEGETATION SUCCESS: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND <br />STANDARDS...................................................................................... .............................32 <br />4.15.8 <br />Revegetation Success Criteria ....................................................... .............................34 <br />4.15.9 <br />Cropland Revegetation Success ..................................................... .............................40 <br />4.15.10 <br />Previously Mined Land Revegetation Success Criteria ................. .............................40 <br />4.15.11 <br />Revegetation Sampling Methods and Statistical Demonstrations for Revegetation <br />Success Revegetation Community Mapping / Stratification ......... .............................40 <br />4.16 <br />POSTMINING LAND USE ............................................................. .............................45 <br />4.16.1 <br />General ........................................................................................... .............................45 <br />4.16.2 <br />Determining Use of Land .............................................................. .............................45 <br />4.16.3 <br />Alternative Land Uses ................................................................... .............................45 <br />4.17 <br />AIR RESOURCES PROTECTION .................................................. .............................45 <br />Collom -iii Revision Date: 1/23/09 <br />Revision No.: PR -03 <br />