(1) The department may require that an operator provide additional plan of operation information, including, but not limited to:

(a) vegetation;

(b) soil;

(c) surface water;

(d) ground water; and

(e) fish and wildlife surveys and assessments.

(2) The information provided pursuant to (1) (a) through (e) must be gathered, analyzed, and presented according to current professionally accepted practices.  Field data must be accompanied by the names and addresses of the parties that collected and analyzed the data, and by a description of the methodologies used to gather and analyze the data.

(3) The plan of operation must conclude with a statement signed and dated by the operator certifying that the statements, descriptions, and information provided apply to the proposed permit area, applicable adjacent areas, and proposed opencut operations, and that the requirements of the plan of operation will be followed unless officially amended through the department.