Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES
Part XV - Office of Conservation-Surface Mining
Subpart 5 - Permanent Program Performance Standards
Chapter 53 - Permanent Program Performance Standards: Surface Mining Activities
Section XV-5313 - Topsoil: Storage
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XV-5313
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Topsoil and other materials removed under §5311 shall be stockpiled only when it is impractical to promptly redistribute such materials on regraded areas.
B. Stockpiled materials shall be selectively placed on a stable area within the permit area, not disturbed, and protected from wind and water erosion, unnecessary compaction and contaminants which lessen the capability of the materials to support vegetation when redistributed.
1. Protection
measures shall be accomplished either by:
a.
an effective cover of non-noxious, quick-growing annual and perennial plants,
seeded or planted during the first normal period after removal for favorable
planting conditions; or
b. other
methods demonstrated to and approved by the office to provide equal
protection.
2. Unless
approved by the office, stockpiled topsoil and other material shall not be
moved until required for redistribution on a regraded area.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:901-932.
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