Illinois Administrative Code
Title 62 - MINING
Part 1816 - PERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS - SURFACE MINING ACTIVITIES
Section 1816.111 - Revegetation: General Requirements
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) The permittee shall establish on regraded areas and on all other disturbed areas except areas where vegetative cover is inconsistent with the approved post-mining land use, a vegetative cover that is in accordance with the approved permit and reclamation plan that is:
b) The reestablished plant species shall:
c) In order to prevent soil erosion, the Department shall grant an exemption to the requirements of subsections (b)(2) and (b)(3) when the reestablished species will achieve a quick-growing, temporary stabilizing cover, and measures to establish permanent vegetation are included in the approved permit and reclamation plan.
d) When the Department approved a cropland post-mining land use, the permittee shall be exempt from the requirements of subsections (a)(1), (a)(3), (b)(2), and (b)(3). The requirements of 62 Ill. Adm. Code 1823.15 apply to areas identified as prime farmland.