New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 8 - COAL MINING
Part 20 - PERFORMANCE STANDARDS - SURFACE COAL MINING OPERATIONS
Section 19.8.20.2060 - REVEGETATION: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 24, December 23, 2024
A. Each person who conducts surface coal mining operations shall establish on all affected land a diverse, effective, and permanent vegetative cover of the same aspection native to the area of disturbed land or species that supports the approved postmining land use. For areas designated as prime farmland, the requirements of 19.8.24 NMAC shall apply.
B. All revegetation shall be in compliance with the plans submitted under 19.8.9.906 NMAC and 19.8.9.908 NMAC, as approved by the director in the permit, and carried out in a manner that encourages a prompt vegetative cover and recovery of productivity levels compatible with the approved postmining land use.
C. The re-established plant species shall: