§ 45-4. Rehabilitation plan.

A. 

To provide the basis for an orderly continuing rehabilitation of all land permitted to be excavated for its resources, a rehabilitation plan shall be filed annually with these objectives:

(1) 

To prevent soil erosion which may menace life or limb, endanger property or affect the safety, usability or stability of any property.

(2) 

To prepare the mined land by grading, fertilizing and planting in accordance with the approved permit for its ultimate reuse.

B. 

The plan for rehabilitation shall be submitted by the applicant in three (3) parts: a general plan as an overlay for the vertical aerial photograph, a rehabilitation contour plat and a description of rehabilitation methods and materials proposed for renewal of topsoil and replanting.

C. 

A general plan for rehabilitation shall be presented on a transparent overlay at the same scale as the vertical aerial showing:

(1) 

General area of completely rehabilitated land.

(2) 

General area of rehabilitation under way.

(3) 

General area currently used for topsoil and overburden storage.

(4) 

General area proposed for rehabilitation during period of special permit.

(5) 

General area proposed for topsoil and overburden storage.

(6) 

The acreage for each item shown on the overlay shall be indicated on plan.

(7) 

A rehabilitation contour plat shall be prepared on the same base as the identification plat required above to indicate the general grades and slopes to which excavated areas are to be backfilled.

(8) 

A description of the methods and materials proposed for rehabilitation of topsoil to the required fertility and the amount and type of planting shall be filed as part of the rehabilitation plan, subject to approval of the county agricultural agent.

(9) 

An estimate prepared by a duly licensed engineer or land surveyor of the State of New York of the total number of cubic yards of material available on the site of operations for removal, together with an estimate from a similarly qualified engineer of the total number of cubic yards of material proposed to be removed from the property during the term of the license applied for.

D. 

Before a permit will be issued, the rehabilitation plan must be filed and approved by the Commissioner of Public Works of the Town of North Hempstead.