<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56d000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=74:29:07:22"><span class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0-000000">74:29:07:22</span></a><span class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0-000001">.  Wildlife habitat.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0"> The following requirements apply to wildlife habitat as an approved postmining land use:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">    (1)  Reclamation shall be directed toward optimizing habitat diversity for game and nongame species. The surrounding unaffected land must be considered in determining habitat diversity goals;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">    (2)  The applicant must identify the wildlife species to benefit from the proposed reclamation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">    (3)  The affected land must be revegetated with native trees, shrubs, forbs, grasses, or other approved alternative vegetation. Revegetation composition, spacing, and arrangement must be based on consultation with the department of game, fish and parks or on an approved reference area. Woody species and understory vegetation shall be planted at rates which can reasonably be expected to yield densities appropriate for the designated wildlife species;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">    (4)  Alternative wildlife habitat reclamation objectives shall be developed in consultation with the department of game, fish and parks and approved by the board;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">    (5)  Sites to be reclaimed for recreational fisheries must provide suitable habitat for the selected fish species;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">    (6)  Surface impoundments to be reclaimed for recreational fisheries must have at least 25 percent of the bottom at a minimum depth of 20 feet to ensure sufficient water during drought, limit growth of undesirable weeds, and reduce the potential for winterkill;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">    (7)  Streams to be reclaimed for recreational fisheries must have a baseline study prepared by an individual who is competent in the field of fisheries management which addresses faunal, floral, and channel characteristics and is approved by the department of game, fish, and parks. Streams to be reclaimed for recreational fisheries must be reconstructed so that they provide suitable habitat for the selected fish species. Reclamation must achieve to the extent possible the premining pool to riffle ratio, width-to-depth ratio, and stream bed particle sizing and sorting ratio, unless modifications to enhance the stream habitat are approved by the department of game, fish and parks and the department. Reclamation techniques such as stream bank stabilization and revegetation, construction of wing deflectors, k-dams, or other management techniques may be incorporated into the reclamation plan and must have the approval of the department, the department of game, fish and parks, and the board;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">    (8)  Sites to be reclaimed for recreational fisheries must have safe bank access; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">    (9)  Reclamation is complete when the following conditions are met:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">        (a)  The surviving vegetation species composition is capable of supporting the wildlife species identified as those to benefit from the proposed reclamation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">        (b)  The understory cover is adequate to control erosion;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">        (c)  Stream fisheries approximate or exceed the baseline condition of the stream or that of the approved reference area; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">    (</span><span class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">10</span><span class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">)  Surface impoundment fisheries meet the postmining land use as described in the approved reclamation plan.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">    </span><span class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0"> 14 SDR 111, effective March 3, 1988.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">    </span><span class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=45-6B-81"><span class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0-000003">45-6B-81</span></a><span class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">    </span><span class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=45-6B-7"><span class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0-000003">45-6B-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=45-6B-25"><span class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0-000003">45-6B-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=45-6B-37"><span class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0-000003">45-6B-37</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=45-6B-45"><span class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0-000003">45-6B-45</span></a><span class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbff855f-b738-41c8-948f-d75a3dded56d000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>