2022-04-29_PERMIT FILE - C2010089 (11)

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Section 2.04.3 Page 7 December 2021 (RN-02) similar plant species, these areas were not considered to be irrigated pasture. Similarly, those areas which appear to have been irrigated decades ago, and which contain ditches that have not been maintained and have cement head gates which are now essentially mounts of eroded concrete, were not considered to be irrigated. The existing extent of Dryland Pasture (PLD) on this tract was closely examined in the fall of the 2008 and throughout the summer of 2009 to identify those areas which are not currently being irrigated. Intensively Managed Irrigated Pasture (PL-IMIP) is located on the western portion of the Garvey property and is differentiated from the regular Irrigated Pasture by the fact that this site receives significantly higher levels of management with respect to the irrigation waters being moved twice a day and that regular application of fertilization is normally practiced as a husbandry practice on these areas whereas the other Irrigated Pasture locations receive significantly less management. Residential. This land use category ranks as the second smallest land use category found in the NHN Mine Area.. There are three different “Residential” land use subcategories on this site which include: Residential/Agricultural (RS), Roads (RD), and Road Disturbance (RD-DIS). A brief discussion of each of these “Residential” land use subcategories follows. Residential/Agricultural (RS) land use subcategory occurs in connection with the existing residences and agricultural buildings and facilities on the Garvey and Elk Ridge-Meehan Property as well as the recently removed residences on the Glasier Property. In addition, we have included the “support facilities” associated with these residences in the form of the access roads as a part of this category. The existing trailer house and recently removed trailer house on the Glasier Property are also included in this figure since they have been removed within the past five years. The existing corrals and associated fenced enclosures as well as agricultural buildings on the Elk Ridge-Meehan Property and fenced stack yard on the Glasier Property are included in this land use subcategory. This land use subcategory occupies an area of approximately 3.47 acres and accounts for nearly 1.1 percent of the permit area. Roads (RD) land use subcategory occurs in connection with the surface of three paved roads, Montrose County Road AA located on the south side, Montrose County Road 26.00 located on the west side and Montrose County Road 26.50 located on the east side of the NHN Mine Permit Boundary. In additional, included is the unpaved Montrose Road Z, located on the north side of the mine area. These roads are included within the “Residential” land use category because they are “support facilities” that occur in this area almost exclusively to support the local residences found in this immediate area. This land use subcategory occupies an area of approximately 8.21 acres and accounts for nearly 2.5 percent of the permit area.