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Section 2.04.12 Page 1 December 2021 (RN-02) <br /> <br />PRIME FARMLAND INVESTIGATION <br /> <br />The soils mapping performed by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) within the <br />boundaries of the New Horizon North Mine (NHN) permit are found on Map 2.04.9-1. The map <br />provides a total of seven different NRCS soils mapping units occurring within the NHN permit <br />area. One of these soils mapping units; 71, Nyswonger silty clay loam, is designated by the NRCS <br />as prime farmland if irrigated. Please refer to Map 2.04.9-1 for the location of the area investigated <br />as prime farmland. <br /> <br />As provided in Appendix 2.04.12-1 the NRCS has determined that this area is not prime farmland <br />as the area was not historically managed as cropland, lacked sufficient water for proper irrigation, <br />species present are native rangeland species, and the current landowner has also verbally <br />confirmed this determination.