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determinations presented in the Topsoil Management Plan section of Section 2.05.4(2)(d), Topsoil <br />(Redistribution). The number of profiles on which these averages are based is noted in the Soil Profile <br />descriptions range of characteristics. The recommended topsoil salvage depths for each map unit are <br />weighted averages of each major component of the map unft (those listed in the map unit name -for both <br />consociations and complexes) as well as major soil inclusions as presented within the map unfts. <br />ResuRs/Discussion <br />Prime Farmland Determination -1988 and 1998 <br />The Norwood office of the NRCS has provided WFC with documentation that list the definitions and <br />criteria for categorizing soils as prime farmland, see Attachment 2.04.9-4 and Attachment 2.04.9-5. <br />These documents list the standards set by both the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture, Natural Resource <br />Conservation Service and the State of Colorado, Natural Resource Conservation Service. Peabody <br />Coal Company and Intermountain Resource Inventories Inc.conducted soil surveys and the results <br />can be found in Map 2.04.9-1, Attachment 2.04.9-1, Attachment 2.04.9-2, and Attachment 2.04.9-3. <br />Soil type 706 and D7061ists Banc soil as a major componentand Banc as a secondarycomponent (30 <br />percent of map unit) in 98E on Map 2.04.9-1. Barx soil is listed as a prime farmland soil in San Miguel <br />County if the soil is irrigated by an adequate and dependable water supply. A letter dated October 14, <br />1992 (Attachment 2.04.9-8) from the Norwood NRCS representativestatesthere is noprime farmland <br />in this location because Barx soil does not have an adequate or dependablewater supply for irrigation. <br />Soil type 706 and D706 were covered underthe 19921etter. Soil type 98E is a resurvey of the original <br />706 soil type covered in the 19921etter. Conclusion: there is no prime farmland soil types in the WFC <br />permit boundary. <br />• (Revised 2/00) 2.04.9-10 <br />