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WFC does not own sufficient water to irrigate this land overall since it has only 12 <br />shares for a total of 95.89 acres. <br />Most of the 12 shares has been designated by WFC for use on a nearby property <br />outside the permit area and is not available for irrigation on this site. <br />An area of 98A soil of 4.76 acres in size on this property was determined to be Prime <br />Farmland by the NRCS in 2008. The construction of Pond 013 disturbed some of this soil <br />(3.96 acres). The prime farmland soil from Pond 013 was excavated in a single lift and <br />stored in a pair of stockpiles near this area. According to CDRMS rules regarding Prime <br />Farmland, an IC area will be created matching the Prime Farmland acreage disturbed as <br />part of the mine's operation. This IC area will be 3.96 acres. Map 2.05.4-8 shows a detail <br />of the area along with an explanation of the post mine land use. The topsoil handling and <br />placement of this area is covered in Section 2.05.4(2)(d). <br />WFC will provide water for irrigation of this area based on the ratio used on the Morgan <br />property's flood irrigated field at the southwest corner of the 2700/BB Road intersection. <br />This ratio was determined using NRCS irrigation design sheets, which are included in <br />Attachment 2.05.4(2)(e)-7. This ratio is 1.32 acres per share of water of the CCC Ditch. <br />The sideroll irrigation ratio is used on this flood irrigated field in order to ensure that <br />sufficient water is used in reclamation, due to the small field size. WFC will use 2.44 <br />shares of the 12 shares to irrigate this area. The reclaimed area of Irrigated Cropland (IC) <br />is shown on Map 2.05.4-5. As shown on Map 2.05.4-5, a 4" to 6" HDPE pipe will be used <br />to carry irrigation water to this area from the main pipe near the southern end of the <br />property. A gated pipeline will run along the uphill edge of the field, similar to the Lloyd <br />and Benson fields. <br />The portion of Prime Farmland outside the disturbed area boundary, 0.72 acres, will be <br />left in place and will be adjacent to the reclaimed irrigated cropland. It will receive water <br />from the designated irrigation pipe, but will not be sampled since it is outside the <br />disturbed area. <br />WFC is classifying the rest of this land as Dryland Pasture (DP). This is 95.89 acres - 3.96 <br />acres (IC) = 91.93 acres .- <br />Since this tract did include large portions of irrigated land in the pre -mine condition, WFC plans <br />to restore large portions of the tract so that irrigation could be used in the future if additional <br />water were allocated to the tract. The post -mine topography has been calculated using a detailed <br />balance of the overburden available from the remaining mining, while accounting for the pit void, <br />as well as the large overburden stockpile. These calculations are presented in Section <br />2.05.4(2)(c). Approximately 54 acres of the WFC property in the permit area could be irrigated in <br />the future after bond release if additional water was available and the landowner decided to use it. <br />This is based on the area where slopes are milder than 6H:1 V, as seen on Map 2.05.4-5. Since <br />water would be brought from the main pipe on the high point of the property, all lower areas can <br />January 2015 TR -66 2.05.4(2)(e) - 8 <br />