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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />4.05.4 <br />Stream Channel Diversions (Relocation of Streams) ..................... ..............................6 <br />4.05.5 <br />Sediment Control Measures ............................................................ ..............................6 <br />4.05.6 <br />Sedimentation Ponds ...................................................................... ..............................7 <br />4.05.7 <br />Discharge Structures ...................................................................... .............................10 <br />4.05.8 <br />Acid - forming and Toxic - Forming Spoil ........................................ .............................10 <br />4.05.9 <br />Post - Mining Impoundments .......................................................... .............................10 <br />4.05.10 <br />Underground Mine Entry and Access Discharges ......................... .............................12 <br />4.05.11 <br />Groundwater Protection ................................................................. .............................12 <br />4.05.12 <br />Protection of Groundwater Recharge Capacity ............................. .............................12 <br />4.05.13 <br />Surface and Groundwater Monitoring ........................................... .............................12 <br />4.05.14 <br />— 4.05.18 Various Topics .................................................................................. .............................21 <br />4.06 <br />TOPSOIL ......................................................................................... .............................21 <br />GeneralRequirements ................................................................... .............................21 <br />Removal......................................................................................... .............................21 <br />Storage........................................................................................... .............................22 <br />Redistribution................................................................................ .............................23 <br />Reconditioning............................................................................... .............................25 <br />4.07 <br />SEALING OF DRILLED HOLES AND UNDERGROUND OPENINGS .................25 <br />4.08 <br />USE OF EXPLOSIVES ................................................................... .............................25 <br />4.08.2 <br />Pre -Blast Survey ............................................................................ .............................25 <br />4.09 <br />DISPOSAL OF EXCESS SPOIL .................................................... .............................26 <br />4.10-4.12 <br />DISPOSAL OF EXCESS SPOIL .................................................... .............................27 <br />4.13 <br />CONTEMPORANEOUS RECLAMATION ................................... .............................27 <br />4.14 <br />BACKFILLING AND GRADING .................................................. .............................29 <br />4.14.1 <br />General Requirements ................................................................... .............................29 <br />4.14.2 <br />General Grading Requirements ..................................................... .............................30 <br />4.14.3 <br />Covering Coal and Acid and Toxic Forming Materials ................. .............................30 <br />4.14.4 <br />Thin Overburden ............................................................................ .............................30 <br />4.14.5 <br />Thick Overburden .......................................................................... .............................30 <br />4.14.6 <br />Re- grading or Stabilizing Rills and Gullies ................................... .............................30 <br />4.15 <br />REVEGETATION REQUIREMENTS ........................................... .............................30 <br />4.15.1 — <br />4.15.7 Revegetation Requirements, Various ............................................ .............................30 <br />GeneralRequirements ................................................................... .............................30 <br />VegetationMonitoring ................................................................... .............................31 <br />Use of Introduced Species ............................................................. .............................31 <br />Seedingand Planting ..................................................................... .............................31 <br />Mulching and Other Soil Stabilizing Practices .............................. .............................31 <br />Grazing.......................................................................................... .............................32 <br />FieldTrials ..................................................................................... .............................32 <br />4.15.7 <br />DETERMINING REVEGETATION SUCCESS: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND <br />STANDARDS...................................................................................... .............................36 <br />4.15.8 <br />Revegetation Success Criteria ....................................................... .............................38 <br />4.15.9 <br />Cropland Revegetation Success ..................................................... .............................44 <br />4.15.10 <br />Previously Mined Land Revegetation Success Criteria ................. .............................44 <br />4.15.11 <br />Revegetation Sampling Methods and Statistical Demonstrations for Revegetation <br />Success Revegetation Community Mapping / Stratification ......... .............................44 <br />4.16 <br />POSTMINING LAND USE ............................................................. .............................49 <br />4.16.1 <br />General ........................................................................................... .............................49 <br />4.16.2 <br />Determining Use of Land ............................................................. .............................49 <br />4.16.3 <br />Alternative Land Uses ................................................................,.. .............................49 <br />4.17 <br />AIR RESOURCES PROTECTION .................................................. .............................49 <br />Collom -iii Revision Date: 9/28/11 <br />Revision No.: PR -03 <br />