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May 28 15 08:28p Joellen 9708647682 p.2 <br />.W--,..'49a,r,1Al�l <br />January 26, 1992 <br />_ Hagamey <br />FRO]: Tony Waldron <br />RE: New Horizon <br />Mine C-81w4Qe P Revision Rev s 1:= <br />As requested, I have c����Y <br />horizon -$line revision. °mPletad .my <br />to conduct a There are several, ar = <br />conclusions, more through inve,a�lgatir►r, <br />In addition there are several areas Whare a face to <br />face meeting would probabJ <br />some of the details than re pdfYidQ p� t�! r fort t i OV9 P- <br />the following cottlzent%� <br />sampling Methodology <br />This section is laid out in an orgalniZed manner and provides Iota <br />of background information for Why certain to4tg art dyotad: <br />one concern I have about- this aectiGh is under tk►e headj"q <br />"Mitigative: Measures For Marginally Unsuitable Material". This <br />section is actually discussed in more detail under section <br />2.05.4(2)d (topsoil redistribution). The concern is witty <br />potentially acid forming materials and how they will be handled to <br />mitigate potential acidic overburden. The operator indicates that <br />by mixing with a buffering spoil that any problems will be avoided. <br />This may be true but I would like to see the data on the acid base <br />potential if one was run showing that any acid material would be <br />neutralized by an appropriate amount of basic material. <br />-- Soils Resource Information -V�~---- <br />Previously under this section( When Peabody owned the mine) Prime <br />Farmland had been identified in the area. The current operator now <br />claims that no prime farmland exist in, the area to be mined. This <br />is supported by the local SCS in a letter to Andy Boudreau dated <br />October 14, 1392. The letter states Haat only one soil has the <br />Potential to be prime and only if irrigated with a dependable <br />supply of water. The letter then states that there is not a <br />dependable supply of water and therefore the uz}it is not prime. <br />However, throughout the various soil and vegetation sections <br />numerous references are made to the wet soils and irrigated crops <br />in the area and even to the fact that some soils may not be able to <br />be salvaged due to their wetness etc., etc. Based on this <br />conflicting information this area (prime farmlands) will need to be <br />addressed and the whole issue clarified before approval, <br />