§716.7. Prime farmland. — Inbound Citations

(1) The permittee shall establish on all land that has been disturbed, a diverse, effective, and permanent vegetative cover of species native to the area of disturbed land or species that will support the planned postmining uses of the land approved according to § 715.13. For areas designated as prime farmland, the reclamation procedures of § 716.7 shall apply.

(6) § 716.7 applies to surface coal mining operations on prime farmlands.