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._ _ ; <br />Atta=hment <br />?age Two <br />Ditch. ]n terms of A6F protection, this in-igation sitcati_r leads to the follow- <br />ing two questions: <br />1. How is importEd irrigation w3 ter to be factored in'.e Al'F dEterminaticns <br />for Ward and Williams Creeks? <br />2. If an area is determined to be an A'JF based in part on water imported <br />from another drainage basin, what imrlicztions, if any, does this have on <br />evaluating the significance of the AVF to local farming operations? More <br />specifically, if an AVF has active flood irrigation based on the importation <br />of water from anotf~er drainage and also has the pctentizl for flood irrigation <br />from watEr from the drainage within which the A:F is located, is a significance <br />analysis necessary? ]n past AVF evaiuatior,s, if ar. area ~:as deterr:ined to be <br />an AI'F because of potectizl flood irrigation, ae assessner,t of significance <br />to farming was not czn-ied out. Guider,ce with respect to this issue is <br />needed. <br />The following excerpt from the colloquy on t`.e U. S. SecatE Floor on Ifay 20, <br />1917, is informative with respect 'o the issuE of imported water and AVFs: <br />Mr, schmitt. ~+'ill the senior Ser'otor fro~• hiontzna yield for <br />a Question on the definition of "allo:~ial ealley floor"% <br />On page 290, S. 7 as anenre.d nc+: rears in part: <br />"Alluvial valley f.oors" means the uncor,soliCztE= _:rea~- laid <br />deposits hQldir.,. strezc.s where water avzilzb~iity is sufficient for <br />subirrigation or flood irrigation agricult;rzl activi`ies. <br />is it the intent c` the lECislat'.cn t~~a~ t'r.e ::_-_~- ~:~ai fable <br />for ir-rlGa t'i0n CG m? OI-.~Y fr'O-i tie Sti 2d;15 2 2,U~•'E'S t,l ~~.'~,^ the <br />alluvial valley in quest'cr.? <br />Plr. Metcalf. 1'es. <br />1n addition, in a joint alluvial vzl;ey floor assess°ent involving the <br />Idontana Department of State Lands and the Dff1CE of Surface '•tining concerning the <br />proposed ~torth Decker Paine, the following cQ^nent was made to Cocker Coal Company <br />