2016-09-26_REVISION - C1981008 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1981008
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 9/26/2016
• Doc Name: Adequacy Review Response
• From: DRMS
• To: Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc
• Type & Sequence: TR75
• Email Name: JLE
• Email Name: DIH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.
Page 4
September 26, 2016

6. Mr. Guire’s letter indicates that, “All land has to have means to be irrigated by since flood/furrow
irrigation is no longer possible.” The Division will contact Mr. Guire to clarify this comment.
Please explain how his property is irrigated presently?
7. Proposed page 6 indicates a portion of the ASF parcels will be retained as an access road. In
accordance with Rule 4.03.2(1)(g)(i), this road must comply with the applicable performance
standards. Please submit the applicable designs for this road in accordance with Rule
2.05.3(3)(c)(vii) and Rule 4.03.2.
8. Please clarify what condition or configuration the staging and storage areas within the ASF
parcels shall be left in. Please demonstrate how these areas will be stabilized to prevent erosion
and offsite sedimentation in accordance with Rule 4.05.1(4).
9. Map 2.05.4-5 has been revised and the irrigation pipelines are no longer shown on the map. In
accordance with Rule 2.10.3(1)(e) please delineate these pipelines on the revised map.
10. Proposed revised page 8 and 22 regarding the Lloyed property indicates the irrigation design
provides a total Irrigated Pasture area of 25.62 acres; however, proposed revised map 2.05.4-5
indicated that only 13.35 acres will be reclaimed to irrigated pasture. Please explain this
discrepancy.
11. Revised page 9 indicated Map 2.05.4-8 provides details for the reclamation plan for the 3.96 acre
parcel on the Johnson property to be reclaimed to Prime Farmland. The Division could not locate
this map in the electronic or in the hard copy of the permit application package. Please submit a
copy of this map.
12. Please revise map 2.05.4-5 to depict the water pipeline that will carry water to the 3.96 acre IC/PF
area on the Johnson Property.
13. Proposed revised page 9 indicates that New Horizon will reclaim the rest of the Johnson property
as dryland pasture (95.89 acres). However, based on Map 2.05.4-5, only 79.97 acres will be
reclaimed as dryland pasture on the Johnson Property. Please explain or correct this discrepancy.
14. On proposed revised page 16, an incorrect table citation is discussed in the narrative for the
weighted average production factor. The correct table citation should be Table 2.05.4(2)(e)-1.
15. Please revise Table 2.05.4(2)(e)-1, Irrigated Pasture Reference Area Weighted Production Factor
to list 2.4 acres for soil type 15.
16. Please submit permit Attachment 2.05.4(2)(e)-12 referenced in the Irrigated Pasture Management
section on proposed revised page 30. The Division could not locate this attachment in our
electronic or hard copy files.

This concludes the Division’s preliminary adequacy review of TR-75. The Division is required to issue a
proposed decision for the application by November 8, 2016. If you need additional time to address the
Division’s adequacy review items, please request an extension of the decision date. If you have any
questions feel free to contact me at [phone], extension 8120.