Section 69-05.2-09-11 - Permit applications - Reclamation plans - General requirements Each application must contain a reclamation plan for affected lands, showing how the applicant will comply with chapters 69-05.2-13 through 69-05.2-26. The plan must, at a minimum, include:
1. A discussion of how the scheduling of each reclamation phase meets the requirements for contemporaneous reclamation in subsection 14 of North Dakota Century Code section 38-14.1-24 and section 69-05.2-21-01. 2. A detailed reclamation cost estimate and supporting calculations. 3. Postmining topographic and area slope maps drawn to the specifications in subsection 3 of section 69-05.2-08-02, and a plan for backfilling, soil stabilization, compacting, and grading. The plan must provide cross sections and volumetric calculations or other information to show the final topography can be achieved. 4. A plan for the removal, reshaping, and final reclamation of each facility identified and discussed in this chapter. 5. A plan for the removal, storage, and redistribution of suitable plant growth material and other suitable strata to meet the requirements of 69-05.2-15. This plan must provide the volumes, by ownership, of topsoil and subsoil available in all areas to be disturbed. These volumes must be determined from the soil survey required by section 69-05.2-08-10. 6. A revegetation plan to meet the requirements of 69-05.2-22. The plan must include: a. A revegetation schedule. b. Seed and seedling species and amounts per acre [0.40 hectare]. c. Planting and seeding methods. e. Irrigation, if appropriate, and any pest and disease control measures. f. General management plans until final bond release. g. Methods to determine the success of revegetation required in section 69-05.2-22-07. h. A soil testing plan for evaluating the results of suitable plant growth material handling and reclamation procedures related to revegetation. 7. Measures to ensure that all debris, toxic-forming materials, and materials constituting a fire hazard are disposed of in accordance with sections 69-05.2-19-04 and 69-05.2-21-03 and a description of the contingency plans developed to preclude their sustained combustion. 8. A description, including appropriate cross sections and maps, of measures to manage mine openings, and to plug, case, or manage exploration holes, other boreholes, wells, and other openings within the permit area, under 69-05.2-14. N.D. Admin Code 69-05.2-09-11
Effective August 1, 1980; amended effective June 1, 1983; May 1, 1990; January 1, 1993.General Authority: NDCC 38-14.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 38-14.1-14