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All prime farmlands in the permit area will be reclaimed as Irrigated Cropland. <br />2.4 Individual Prime Farmland Areas <br />Two areas of the New Horizon Mine contain Prime Farmland: the Morgan Property south of BB <br />Road and west of 27.00 Road and a small portion of the WFC property north of BB Road and <br />west of 27.00 Road. <br />2.4.1 Morgan Property <br />The fields southwest of the intersection of BB Road and 27.00 Road have prime farmland soils <br />(98A and 98E), which is slightly over 87 acres of the Morgan Property (87.03 acres). The area of <br />these soils can be seen on Map 2.04.9-1. Due to historic irrigation and cropland management of <br />these 87 acres, they are Prime Farmland, and will be therefore reclaimed to Prime Farmland <br />standards. <br />2.4.2 Small area in northwest portion of the WFC Property <br />There are 4.76 acres of 98A (northwest corner of permit) on the WFC property. This area <br />contained prime farmland soils (see Attachment 2.04.9-6). A portion of this area was stripped of <br />soil in order to create Pond 013 prior to the prime farmland determination in February of 2008. <br />The total disturbed area of prime farmland soils in this area was 3.96 acres. Although Pond 013 <br />will be in place until after Phase II bond release has been obtained on its reclaimed watershed <br />area, WFC will reconstruct 3.96 acres of prime farmland in the Pond 013 area after reclamation <br />of the pond. All soils handling, stockpiling and replacement will be done according to the prime <br />farmland soil handling criteria described in Sections 2.06.6 and 2.05.4(2)(d). This area can be <br />seen in detail on Map 2.05.4-9, and the pre -mine soils seen on Map 2.04.9-1. <br />3.0 Prime Farmland Determination <br />The total area of Prime Farmland identified in the permit is 91.79 acres: 87.03 acres of the <br />Morgan property in the southwest portion of the permit and 4.76 acres of the WFC property in <br />the northwest portion of the permit. Not all of this Prime Farmland is disturbed by the mining <br />operation. The total area of Prime Farmland to be disturbed and reclaimed as part of the permit is <br />89.06 acres; a combination of the 85.10 acres on the Morgan's and 3.96 acres on the WFC <br />property. The remaining area (91.79 acres — 89.06 acres = 2.73 acres) has not been disturbed. <br />January 2016 (TR -70) 2.04.12-2 <br />