• Broadcast or piled with ottier overburden and vegetative slasti 

 and debris (refer to guideline VII A 7) 



• Removed from active floodplain sites to approved disposal areas 



7. In general, at sites ttiat were previously vegetated and will contain 

 nonflooded areas following site operation, rehabilitation should 

 facilitate natural revegetation and site recovery. When organic 

 overburden and vegetative slash and debris are available, it is 

 recommended that natural revegetation be favored over artificial 

 seeding and fertilization. Final placement of overburden and vege- 

 tative slash and debris should incorporate the following guidelines. 



a. Active floodplains 



i) In braided systems it is unlikely that any overburden or 



vegetative slash and debris will be available. However, if 

 available it should not be piled within the active flood- 

 plain. 



ii) In meandering, sinuous, split, and straight systems this 

 material may be piled within the active floodplain. The 

 design and loction of these piles should incorporate 

 the following (Figure 17). They should be: 



• Located away from active channels and in areas where 

 they are subjected to the least hydraulic erosion 



• Long and narrow in configuration (about 15-20 m long 

 and 3-5 m wide, where possible) 



• Orientated parallel to the flow 



• About I m above the 2-year recurrence flood at its top 



^^ VII. SITE CLOSURE 



