Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article IX - Residual Waste Management
Chapter 295 - COMPOSTING FACILITIES FOR RESIDUAL WASTE
Subchapter C - OPERATING REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPOSTING FACILITIES
REVEGETATION
Section 295.242 - Standards for successful revegetation

(a) The standard for successful revegetation shall be the percent of ground cover of the vegetation which exists on the area affected by the facility. The Department will not approve less than a 70% ground cover of permanent plant species in the approved plan.

(b) No more than 1.0% of the total area may have less than 30% groundcover. No single or contiguous area exceeding 3,000 square feet may have less than 30% groundcover.