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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />Page No. <br />I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND ............. ............................... 1 <br />II. RECORD FACTS .......................... ............................... 7 <br />a. Improper Removal and Soil Handling on the Morgan <br />Property............................... ............................... 8 <br />b. Improper Use of an Inferior Topsoil Substitute to Cover a <br />Topsoil Deficit ....................... ............................... 9 <br />C. Inadequate Attention to Post - mining land -use, Topography <br />andIrrigation ......................... ............................... 11 <br />III. ARGUMENT ................................ ............................... 12 <br />1. THE BOARD ACTED UNLAWFULLY BY FAILING TO <br />ORDER THE RETURN OF PRIME SOILS ........................... 13 <br />a. Defining Prime Farmland Soils .... ............................... 14 <br />b. Procedural Requirements for Operations on Prime Farmland 16 <br />C. Operational Requirements for Prime Farmlands ............... 19 <br />d. The Board Could Not Legally Approve PR6 Because WFC <br />Was Mining in Violation of SCMRA ........................... 20 <br />2. THE BENCH ONE SOIL IS NOT EQUIVALENT IN QUALITY <br />TO THE BARX SOIL ..................... ............................... 23 <br />a. The Board Erred in Excluding Evidence Showing that <br />Bench One Material is Inferior .. ............................... 25 <br />b. PR 6 Fails to Assure Mandated Replacement Soil Depths.. 27 <br />3. PR6 FAILS TO ASSURE THAT IRRIGATED FARMING CAN <br />BE RESTORED POST - MINING ........ ............................... 28 <br />III. CONCLUSION ............................... ............................... 30 <br />I <br />