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CORE AND SCIENCE TEAMS __________________________ FOREST RECLAMATION ADVISORIES __________________________ FORESTRY RECLAMATION APPROACH __________________________
IN THE NEWS __________________________ MINED LAND REFORESTATION CONFERENCES __________________________ PLANTING TREES ON LEGACY MINES __________________________ REFORESTATION AWARDS __________________________ REFORESTATION RESEARCH __________________________ STATE AND PRIVATE NURSERIES __________________________ STATEMENT OF MUTUAL INTENT

 

 

 

State Regulatory Authority
Guidance Documents

These Guidance Documents can be used to implement of the Forestry Reclamation Approach [FRA] as a postmining land use in the following Appalachian States:

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 - KENTUCKY - MARYLAND - OHIO - PENNSYLVANIA - TENNESSEE -
- VIRGINIA - WEST VIRGINIA -

KENTUCKY

• Reclamation Advisory Memorandum #124: Reforestation Initiative [March 10, 1997]
• Technical Reclamation Memorandum #21: Plant Species, Distribution Patterns, Seeding Rates, and Planting Arrangements for Revegetation of Mined Lands [January 6, 1995]

MARYLAND

• Reforestation/Warm Season Grass Recommendations [March 2006]

OHIO

• Mined Land Technical Reforestation Guidance & Recommendations [July 24, 2001]
Procedure Directive: Inspection Enforcement #94-1 Verification of Proper Planting of Tree and Shrub Seedlings/Posts [March 15, 1994]

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PENNSYLVANIA

• PA Code, Title 25, Chapter 87, pp 147-156

TENNESSEE

• Federal Register Notice, 30 CFR Part 942: Final Rule [March 2, 2007]
• Biology/Revegetation Procedure 10.4: Reforestation and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Initiative [May 28, 1999]

VIRGINIA

• Memorandum #3-96, Guidelines for Husbandry & Reclamation Practices [July 9, 1996/Rev. 10/1/01]
• Guidance Memorandum No. 2-01, Reforestation Reclamation Practices [May 29, 2001]

WEST VIRGINIA

• Forestland Post Mine Land Use & Wildlife Post Mine Land Use Regulations [February 8, 2005]
• Commercial Forestry PMLU Regulations [August 18, 2000]

If you have any questions or would like additional information about the SRA Guidance Documents, contact your State Regulatory Authority Agency in Appalachia.

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