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areas occupy approximately one-half square mile of land that is bounded by Montrose County Z <br /> Road on the North, AA Road on the South, 26.50 Road on the East and 26.00 Road on the West. <br /> Land Use Section 2.04.3 of the permit <br /> The Garvey property is dominated by grazing land-reclamation across its southern extent. This <br /> area was mined and reclaimed to dryland pasture by Peabody/WFC as the Nucla Mine, C-1981- <br /> 008. There are some minor inclusions of subirrigated land, where irrigation water has been <br /> allowed to flow across the surface. The northeast corner was an area of grazing land—sagebrush. <br /> The contour of this site lies above the elevation of the Second Park Lateral of the Colorado <br /> Cooperative Company (CCC) Ditch, with the result that the area has never been irrigated. The <br /> northwestern portion consisted largely of the intensively managed irrigated pasture land use, and <br /> some irrigated pasture. <br /> The Meehan property is bisected by"Meehan Draw", which flows from east to west across the <br /> property. South of Meehan Draw, the majority of the area falls within the irrigated pasture land <br /> use category, due to its proximity to the Second Park Lateral Ditch located uphill to the south. <br /> Meehan's land to the north of the Draw has not been improved, and is classified as grazing land <br /> sagebrush. Land use within Meehan Draw is classified as grazing land—subirrigated. <br /> The Glasier property was a blend of land uses: irrigated pasture in the northwest, dryland pasture <br /> (where older irrigation structures have not been recently used and were in disrepair) in the center, <br /> and grazing land-sagebrush in the west. The "Glasier Draw" drainage, identified as grazing <br /> land-subirrigated, crossed the northwest corner of the Glasier property, and was not disturbed by <br /> mining operations. The Glazier property was not mined or disturbed by mining activities and <br /> was removed from the permit area with the approval of TR-18. This paragraph is retained for <br /> historical reference. <br /> Cultural and Historic Resources Section 2.04.4 of the permit <br /> Lands in the vicinity of the NHN have previously been the subject of at least three formal <br /> cultural resource investigations, which are illustrated on Map 2.04.4 of the application. In 1979, <br /> the southern portion of the permit area was surveyed for the initial permitting of Peabody's <br /> Nucla Mine. A second survey was conducted in 1984 for a series of coal exploration drill holes. <br /> History Colorado records indicate that a third survey was conducted in 1985, for exploration <br /> holes located within and to the east of the proposed permit area. The majority(approximately <br /> 80%) of the surface within the permit area has been previously disturbed by either coal mining or <br /> agricultural development. An additional 9% is dominated by wetlands. The State Historic <br /> Preservation Officer(SHPO) determined that a finding of"no historic properties affected"was <br /> appropriate for the proposed activities. <br /> Geology and Topography Sections 2.04.5 and 2.04.6 of the permit <br /> The NHN is located three miles northwest of the town of Nucla, in Western Montrose County, <br /> Colorado. The mine area lies within the southeastern section of the Colorado Plateau <br /> Physiographic Province. The region is characterized by broad, fairly smooth surfaced sandstone <br /> 9 <br />