Reclamation Legislation and Certification Requirements: Province of Saskatchewan

With respect to mine planning, reclamation should be recognized as an integral part of mining and therefore should be considered as one of the constraints in determining mining methods and overall mine plans.  The company should consider the feasibility of alternate mining approaches which will minimize the disturbance of reclaim areas (for example, by haul roads or ramps).
As far as end land use determination is concerned the guidelines read as follows. In general, land should be restored to its pre-mine uses. Land which has a CLI classification of l to 4 is to be restored to agricultural use.  Agricultural use is described as land which is seeded and harvested on an annual basis.  One notable exception is that box cut spoil, end cuts, haul ramps and roads are excluded.  They have to be reclaimed but not necessarily to agricultural use.
From a revegetation point of view the ultimate goal for the Coronach area is to achieve a self-sustaining plant cover in cases of end uses such as rangeland, wildlife and recreation.  In the case of cropland the goal is an input/output regime approximately equivalent to adjacent undisturbed conditions.
For the Estevan area the revegetation objectives do not differentiate between various end land uses.  It simply states that the objectives of revegetation are to rapidly establish vegetation to control erosion and to achieve a self-sustaining plant cover suitable to post mining land uses.