N.D. Admin Code 69-05.2-09-15 - Permit applications - Operation and reclamation plans - Prime farmlands
If appropriate, the applicant shall submit a mining and restoration plan for prime farmland containing:
1. The cooperative soil survey that
identified the prime farmland, soil mapping units, and representative soil
profile descriptions. The plan must include soil horizon depths, pH, and range
of soil densities for each prime farmland soil mapping unit.
2. The method and equipment for removing,
storing, and respreading suitable plant growth materials.
3. Locations for separate stockpiling and
plans for soil stabilization before redistribution.
4. The postmining topographic map showing the
prime farmland respread areas.
5.
Applicable documentation that supports the use of other suitable strata,
instead of the A, B, or C soil horizon, to obtain equivalent or higher levels
of productivity as nonmined prime farmlands in the surrounding area under
equivalent management levels.
6.
Plans for seeding or cropping the area and conservation practices. Proper
adjustments for seasons must be proposed so that final graded land is not
exposed to erosion when vegetation or conservation practices cannot be
established or implemented.
7.
Available agricultural school studies or other scientific data for areas with
comparable soils, climate, and management (including water management) that
affirmatively demonstrate achievement of postmining productivity equal to or
greater than premining productivity.
8. If a reclaimed cropland tract will contain
a mixture of prime and nonprime farmlands and commission approval of a single
yield standard for the entire tract is requested as allowed by subdivision I of
subsection 4 of section
69-05.2-22-07, a detailed
description and comparison of the soil mapping units and acreages occurring in
the prime and nonprime parcels must be provided. The comparison must include
the appropriate yield calculations for the prime and nonprime parcels as well
as the single yield standard that is proposed.
Notes
General Authority: NDCC 38-14.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 38-14.1-14
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