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3.0 Postmining Land Use <br />The postmining land use will be similar to the pre -mining land use of agriculture. Three types of <br />postmining land use will include Irrigated Pasture, Dryland Pasture, and Prime Farmland <br />(Irrigated Cropland). Irrigated Pasture and Dryland Pasture will be the highest percentage of all <br />postmining vegetation types. Areas north of BB Road and west of 2700 Road were originally <br />classified to be reclaimed as Irrigated Pasture, but this was not appropriate since the water was <br />not available to provide proper irrigation on the total area of these lands. New Horizon will <br />reclaim the majority of its own property west of 2700 Road as dryland pasture. Attachment <br />2.05.4(2)(e)-8 contains correspondence with landowners agreeing to the post mine land use on <br />their respective property. <br />Benson West Property (owned by New Horizon) <br />This parcel of 79.76 acres is north of BB Road and immediately west of 2700 Road. <br />• This tract was originally classified by New Horizon as Irrigated Pasture and Rangeland. <br />• This tract was flood irrigated in the past, but it is now irrigated with side rolls. <br />• Benson has traded coal royalties for land ownership on land (east of 2700 Rd) that is <br />currently is planted as Irrigated Pasture. <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 />• New Horizon developed a flood irrigation design for the Benson west property. This <br />design can be seen in Attachment 2.05.4(2)(e)-9. It allows for the irrigation of 12.40 <br />acres of Irrigated Pasture with 12 shares of water. The remaining 55.87 disturbed acres <br />of the Benson west property will be reclaimed as Dryland Pasture. The remaining area <br />of 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 />Please see Map 2.05.4-5 for the location of the Irrigated Pasture and the Dryland Pasture portions <br />on this'tract. Additional lands surrounding this 12.40 acre irrigated area can be irrigated in the <br />future if Benson decides to do so. A minimum of 52 acres can be irrigated since the slopes are <br />very mild (approx. 2.5%), which represents the actual surveyed final topography (Map 2.05.4-5). <br />Since the planned irrigation area (12.40 acres) is at the high point, all lower areas can be easily <br />irrigated if a future landowner decides to make the water available for this area. <br />Page 7 October 2016 (TR -75) <br />