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eh <br />ESPEY, HUSTON 6 ASSOCIATES, INC. <br />• <br />CIiAPTER J: ENVIf20NMENTAL RESOURCES/PRIME FARMLAND <br />According to the map prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, - <br />Soil Conservation Service and Colorado State University Experiment Station dated <br />1979 and titled: Important Fazmlands of Rio Blanco County, Colorado, Sheet No. 1 <br />of 3, no prime fazmland occurs on the Meeker Area Mines' mine plan area or <br />adjacent lands. The nearest mapped prime farmland in the same drainage basin <br />occurs about 2.9 miles south of the Rienau No. 2 (G-Seam) Mine Lease. <br />Therefore, Northern Coal Company requests that a negative determi- <br />nation be made concerning prime fazmland occurrence on the Meeker Area Mines' <br />mice plan azea. <br /> <br />PLEASE SEE Tim RESP(k~TSE 'Its TfiE ADEQUACY REVIEiS 1 FTI`F RC FULIlJIVING <br /> <br />