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become well established on the cut slopes above the rip-rapped base and side slopes. <br /> Vegetative cover varies from about 60% to over 80% at the cut slopes. However, <br /> quantitative vegetative cover estimates are difficult to make because the areas affected by <br /> the permit are very small, usually less than twenty feet in length at each site. Qualitative <br /> visual observations indicate that a vegetative cover well in excess of 40% is present at <br /> each location, and that the cover is adequate in extent to prevent erosion from occurring. <br /> Termination Criteria <br /> All termination criteria have been met at the Coal Basin Mine Pond Reclamation <br /> Stormwater Permit area. <br /> The work at the ponds was completed during the fall of 1999. The work was successful, <br /> and no maintenance or other earth-disturbing activities have taken place since that time. <br /> Vegetative cover is sufficient to prevent erosion from occurring at each excavated <br /> embankment. <br /> - None of the work at the ponds contacted or exposed raw materials, intermediate <br /> products, byproducts, finished products or waste products associated with coal <br /> mining activities. Therefore, removal or permanent isolation of any such products <br /> was not necessary. <br /> - All soil-disturbing activities have been completed. No further reclamation work <br /> is planned or anticipated at any of the reclaimed areas. <br /> - Vegetative cover within the individual areas covered by the permit exceeds 40%, <br /> and is sufficient in extent to prevent erosion of the affected areas. <br /> 4 <br />