Ariz. Admin. Code § R11-2-501 - Mining Unit Reclamation Plan Content
A. In addition to the proposed reclamation
measures that are necessary to achieve the post-mining land use found under
A.R.S. §§
27-971(B)(9)(a)
through (d), the reclamation plan shall
include procedures to aid in the development of vegetation consistent with the
proposed post-mining land use objective for surface disturbances where the
post-mining land use objective is grazing, wildlife habitat, or forestry. The
type, density, and diversity of vegetation proposed shall depend on what is
technically and economically practicable given site-specific characteristics
such as climate and the availability and quality of soil.
B. Maps of the existing or proposed surface
disturbances submitted pursuant to A.R.S. §
27-971(B)(8)
for mining units shall indicate the
following:
1. Existing and proposed
post-mining and post-reclamation physical topography;
2. Natural features, including surface
water;
3. Surface disturbances,
pits, excavations, and building sites;
4. Development rock piles, tailings dams and
impoundments, heaps for leaching, spoil, soil or growth media storage piles,
overburden stockpiles, and other piles of unconsolidated material;
5. Solution ponds, settling ponds, and
non-tailings impoundments;
6.
Roads, buildings, structures, and stationary equipment;
7. Final post-mining land use objectives for
each portion of the surface disturbance; and
8. Boundaries of the mining unit.
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