(Click Hyperlink to view proposed rule)
April 30,
2012: Proposed amendments to Standards for Revegetation Success on Reclaimed
Coal Mine Lands.
RULE NO. & TITLE: (Please click on the hyperlinks below to view the proposed rule
amendments)
2. Alabama Administrative Code 880-X-10D-.56: Revegetation: Standards for Success (Underground Coal Mining Operations)
INTENDED ACTION:
The Alabama Surface Mining Commission proposes to amend the above-listed
rules.
SUBSTANCE OF PROPOSED ACTION: The proposed rule amendment will change the
standards for vegetation success for reclaimed mine lands which will be planted
with trees or shrubs. The current rule
requires an herbaceous ground cover of at least 80% on such areas for some
post-mining land uses. Research and
experience has shown that herbaceous ground cover of this density inhibits the
growth of shrubs and trees and results in poor survival rates. The proposed
rule will change this standard to require that herbaceous ground cover be
sufficient to control erosion without setting a numeric standard.
TIME, PLACE, MANNER OF PRESENTING VIEWS:
Persons wishing to submit comments or suggestions concerning
this rulemaking may do so in writing.
If requested by one or more persons, a public hearing will be held
on June 5, 2012 at
10:00 A.M. in the ASMC Hearing Room, Third Floor, 1811
Second Avenue (Pinnacle Bank Building), Jasper, Alabama. Written comments must be submitted no later
than 5:00 p.m. on_ June 5, 2012________________, to:
Alabama Surface
Mining Commission
Randall C. Johnson,
Director
P. O. Box 2390
Jasper, Alabama
35502-2390
FINAL DATE FOR COMMENT AND COMPLETION OF NOTICE:
June
5, 2012
CONTACT PERSON AT AGENCY: Randall C. Johnson, Director
RANDALL C. JOHNSON
Director
Copies of the proposed regulations are also available
(either hard copy or on disc) at the Alabama Surface Mining Commission, 1811
Second Avenue, Second Floor, Pinnacle Bank Building, Jasper, Alabama.