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• <br />after reclamation in order to get the land released from reclamation bond. Since the <br />reference area is 6.8 acres and has historically had 10 shares of water using flood <br />irrigation, we used the same ratio to determine the amount that could be irrigated on <br />your property in order to have a similar water usage per acre. If we use any less, we will <br />likely not pass our bond release standards. The State agency, the Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety, (DRMS) has been concerned that we have shown areas <br />designated as irrigated pasture in the past that do not have the amount of water to <br />sustain this level of irrigation after bond release. Please understand that we must abide by <br />their rules. The calculations in determining your amount of irrigated pasture in the <br />reclamation are based on the following: <br />Reference area: 10 shares 16.8 acres = 1.47 shares per acre. <br />Your total shares (24) was divided by this ratio of 1.47 shares per acre to get the amount <br />of land which could be irrigated, which is 16.32 acres. <br />• New Proposal to Address Post Mine irrigation Calculations <br />Jim Boyd of the local NRCS has supplied more precise calculations for the amount of <br />land that can be gated /furrowed, flood irrigated per share ofCCC Ditch water. DBMS <br />has adopted these calculations as the method WFC should use to determine the amount <br />of acres of irrigated pasture per share of water. WFC has used these calculations to <br />determine the irrigated pasture to be reclaimed on Your property. These calculations in <br />fact do substantially increase the amount of land that can he flood irrigated on your <br />property. The NRCS calculations show that if the flood irrigation is intensely managed <br />for 7 days per week, every week, 29.8 acres of flood irrigated lands are possible. We <br />believe that it is reasonable to assume that 1 day per week will be an off day, therefore <br />reducing the amount to 25.5 acres, based on the 24 shares that you have and a simple <br />ratio of 6 days/week. We will also make the same adjustment to shares applied to the <br />reference area. The WFC calculations for your irrigated land are attached. <br />• <br />