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All surface mining, as defined in the Act, done pursuant to the county’s combined operating permit and conducted by county or contractor crews shall provide for reclamation of the surface-mined land which shall include:

(1) Practices to protect adjacent surface resources;

(2) Surface gradient restoration to a surface suitable for a useful subsequent use of the land after reclamation is completed;

(3) Revegetation or other surface treatment of disturbed areas;

(4) Prevention or elimination of conditions that will create a public nuisance, endanger public safety, damage property, or be hazardous to vegetative, animal, fish, or human life in or adjacent to the area;

(5) Control of contaminants and disposal of surface mining refuse;

(6) Diverting surface waters around the disturbed areas;

(7) Restoration of stream channels and stream banks to a condition minimizing erosion and siltation and other pollution;

(8) Preparation of such maps and other supporting documents as may be reasonably required by the state of Washington board of natural resources;

(9) A time schedule for reclamation that provides that reclamation activities, particularly those relating to the control of erosion, shall, to the extent feasible, be conducted simultaneously with surface mining and in any case shall be initiated at the earliest possible time after completion or abandonment of mining on any segment of the permit area. Reclamation activities shall be completed not more than two years after completion or abandonment of surface mining on each segment of the area that has been surface mined. (Amended by Res. adopted Jan. 4, 1971).