Reclamation is by legal mandate a necessary concomitant to mining.
While not required, site planning may offer distinct opportunities to the quarry operator first, in satisfying the need to plan reclamation activities and secondly, in the identification and provision for future productive uses for the quarry. Deal with other materials which have different characteristics than limestone quarries or 2. Deal with specific aspects of limestone quarry reclamation such as highwall reduction or revegetation. The purpose is to develop a site planning guide for limestone quarries. The guide has been developed primarily for the quarry operator since he will most likely be involved with site planning for the quarry, either as a consultant, or as the site planner.