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-2- <br />Rule 2.04.10 - Vegetation Information <br />1. The aerial photo was insufficient for the Division to determine the <br />plant community in the area to be disturbed. The vegetation plot <br />location map, page 61, was also at too small a scale for the Division <br />to evaluate the vegetation in the area to be disturbed. The Division <br />suggests that the vegetation information, i.e.: plant communities, <br />sample locations, be presented on the same neap as the soils map <br />requested above. <br />The applicant has not addressed the occurrence of threatened or <br />endangered plant species within the permit area as required by Rule <br />2.04.10(5). This information must be included within the permit <br />application. <br /> <br />Rule 2.04.11 - Fish and Wildlife kesources Information <br />1. The applicant did not address the occurrence of threatened or <br />endangered animal species within 'the permit area as required by Rule <br />2.04.11(4). The Uivision suygests that the applicant contact the <br />Colorado Division of Wildlife to obtain the necessary information <br />that must be included as part of the application. <br />Rule 2.04.12 - Prime Farmland Determination <br />1. The applicant stated on page 5 of the application form that the Prime <br />Farmland investigation was not applicable to this operation. While <br />the Division agrees that Prime Fa rnrland may not be an issue, the <br />applicant must do the investigation to substantiate this opinion. <br />The Division suggests that the applicant contact the U.S. Soils <br />Conservation Service for information concerning prime farmlands <br />within the permit area. <br />Rule 2.06.8 - Alluvial Valley Floors <br />The applicant has not submitted a reconniasance level alluvial valley <br />floors investigation of the permit and adjacent areas. Map TP-1 of <br />the application does show the irrigation ditches and hayfields, <br />however, this map should also show the unconsolidated stream laid <br />deposits which are over 50-feet in width and over 10 acres in size. <br />The valleys that should be investigated include: 1) Oak Creek down to <br />and including the irrigated hayfield, Lewis Gulch, South Oak Creek <br />and the unnamed tributary to South Uak Creek. <br /> <br />