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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />PAGE <br />Farmlands Reclamation Plans Approved in PR- 6 ..................... ............................... 19 <br />a. Topsoil Management: Soil Suitability Findings .............. ............................... 20 <br />b. Prime Farmlands Standards .......................................... ............................... 22 <br />c. Conclusion ................................................................. ............................... 24 <br />C. The November 17, 2010 Hearing was an Appeal of an Approval of a Permit <br />Revision Application, Not an Enforcement Hearing ................... ............................... 24 <br />1. Plaintiffs Theory of "Automatic Violations" under the Act is both Incorrect and <br />Contrary to the Act and Rules ................................................. ............................... 25 <br />2. Plaintiffs Failed to Raise this Legal Argument at the Administrative Hearing and <br />are, Therefore, Precluded From Raising it for the First Time on Appeal .................... 26 <br />D. The Board Properly Excluded the November 16, 2010 NRCS Letters ......................... 27 <br />1. The Act and APA Grant the Board Great Discretion to Acceptor Exclude <br />Evidence in a Formal Administrative Hearin ........................... ............................... 27 <br />2. Plaintiffs' Dilatory Request for the NRCS Determination is Not An "Unforeseen <br />Circumstance" ...................................................................... ............................... 28 <br />E. Plaintiffs' Attempt to Expand the Scope of this Court's Review to Include <br />Documents that Post -Date the November 17, 2010 Hearing is Improper, and <br />Unsupported by the Act and Case Law ..................................... ............................... 30 <br />F. Objection to Request for Oral Argument ................................... ............................... 32 <br />G. Request for Attorney Fees and Objection to Plaintiffs' Request for Attorney Fees ....... 32 <br />VII. CONCLUSION ........................................................................ ............................... 33 <br />ii <br />