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Section 779.22 (b) Continued. <br />• Yearly production records for the entire mining operations are <br />shown in Table 1, Historical Production Rates. <br />The 1?nds prior to any mining were used as rangeland, pastureland <br />and cropland for domestic livestock and wildlife grazing and <br />cropping. Examination of aerial photographs in possession of <br />Energy Fuels taken prior to mining all of the existing acreage for <br />Paine No. 1 with the exception of the wheatland described in the <br />Twentymile Park Land Use (Map 31) was native rangeland. Some areas <br />were treated for sagebrush but these lands still supported native <br />forage species. <br />Areas of cropland were mined on the west side of the current <br />operation between Mine No. 1 and the present tipple. Some minor <br />acreages in the southeastern portion of Mine No. 2, were wheatland <br />prior to mining. The remainder of the lands at Mine No. 2 were <br />• rangeland and pastureland. Along Fish Creek on the west portion of <br />Energy Mine No. 2, the aiea was rangeland while land to the east of <br />the present operation at Mine No. 2 were classified as pastureland. <br />Based upon comparable undisturbed land within the mine plan area <br />and statements by long-time Routt County residents, the land (which <br />has now been mined) was generally not suited for any farming due to <br />existing slopes and climatic conditions. <br />(c) The application shall contain a description of the existing land <br />uses and land use classifications under local law, if any, of the <br />proposed mine plan and adjacent areas. <br />The Routt County Commissioners in conjunction with the Routt <br />County Planning Commission have designated the lands within the <br />proposed mine plan and adjacent areas for uses of agriculture and <br />forestry. The land use in the proposed mining plan area is range- <br />land, cropland and pastureland used mainly for domestic livestock <br />• and wildlife use and some cropping; no commercial forestry has ever <br />been conducted within the mire plan area. Energy Fuels currently <br />779-316 <br />