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Horizon 2 mine west of 2700 Road. Attachment 2.05.4(2)(e)-8 contains correspondence with <br />landowners affected by the post mine land use change that occurred in PR -06. <br />The post mine land use changes that were part of PR -06 are described below: <br />1) The parcel of 79.76 acres north of BB Road and immediately west of 2700 Road owned by <br />Benson. This is known as the Benson West parcel. <br />• This tract was originally classified by WFC as Irrigated Pastureland and Rangeland. <br />• This tract was "Flood Irrigated" in the past. As described earlier, there were no furrows, <br />gated pipe, side roll sprinkler system or other methods to control water distribution. <br />Irrigation water was allowed to traverse over the land at will. <br />• Benson has traded coal royalties for land ownership on land (east of 2700 Rd) that is <br />currently under Reclamation Bond Liability and is currently planted in Reclaimed <br />Irrigated Pastureland. <br />• Benson presently owns 44 shares of Colorado Cooperative Company irrigation water. <br />Much of this water has been used to irrigate Benson's acquired lands on the east side of <br />2700 Road, leaving 12 shares which can be used to irrigate the Benson West property. <br />• WFC developed a flood irrigation design for the Benson west property. This design can <br />be seen in Attachment 2.05.4(2)(e)-9. It allows for the irrigation of 12.40 acres of <br />Irrigated Pasture (IP) with 12 shares of water. The remaining 55.87 disturbed acres of the <br />Benson west property will be reclaimed as Dryland Pasture (DP). The remaining area of <br />the property consists of 2700 & BB Roads and undisturbed ground. <br />• Site grading will allow for future irrigation across a major portion of the property. <br />See Map 2.05.4-5 for the location of the irrigated and the dryland pasture portions of this tract. <br />This map also shows the reclaimed surface topography. Additional lands surrounding this 12.40 <br />acre irrigated area can be irrigated in the future if Benson decides to do so. A minimum of 52 <br />acres can be irrigated since the slopes are very mild (approx. 2.5%), which represents the actual <br />surveyed final topography, as seen on Map 2.05.4-5. Since the planned irrigation area <br />(12.40 acres) is at the high point, all lower areas can be easily irrigated if Benson decides to <br />make the water available for this area. The map shows the main pipe that would be used to <br />irrigate the proposed 12.4 acre area. If additional areas are irrigated after bond release, the <br />pipe would be extended to the north or south, as needed. <br />January 2015 TR -66 2.05.4(2)(e) - 6 <br />