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3.1 Dirk Richards Land Use Change <br />The former James Martin property is now owned by Dirk Richards. This sale took place in 2004. <br />This land was primarily irrigated in the pre -mine condition. It has come to WFC's attention via <br />the Colorado Cooperate Company (CCC) (the local irrigation water provider) that the previous <br />landowner of this parcel, James Martin, sold his remaining fifteen (15) shares of CCC ditch <br />water in May of 1988 to another party. These fifteen shares were used in the past to irrigate a <br />portion of his fifty-four (54) acre parcel of pasture land. There has been no other irrigation water <br />allocated to this parcel since this time according to CCC records . This is includes since 1993, <br />when WFC started operations in the immediate vicinity of the Dirk Richards property. Since <br />there is no water available for this parcel, WFC has elected to reclaim the mine disturbance <br />area on Dirk Richards property back to dryland pasture. This was a land use change from <br />Reclaimed Irrigated Pastureland (IP) to Dryland Pasture (DP), which was approved in Technical <br />Revision 49 in December of 2003. See Map 2.03.4-1 for location of Dirk Richards Property. <br />The land was reclaimed in 2004 and was temporarily irrigated in 2004 and 2005 to give the land <br />a good reclamation start. This is the reason that aerial photos after the reclamation date show <br />an area of irrigated pasture. The land is now fully reclaimed as dryland pasture. <br />The letter on the following page documents the sale of the water rights. <br />August 2013 PR -08 2.05.4(2)(e) - 11 <br />