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Mr. Midwd Boutay/Ms. Sarrba~m • <br />Dic+siar of Mtnnals oral Gm/oay <br />SeprerJxr 29, 1999 <br />Pale 3 <br />Comment 6 (August 31, 1999) 71~ Dirnsiat has not fnralized iu muietrr of SCC's response to Carm~tt 6. <br />As soon as this reuiev~has bait cvrtpletal, arty rerran:irtg cvtaru~tts wrU lx forumdal to }ou <br />(Response to AtrAust 31,1999 Comment) No response required at this time. <br />Comment 6 (September 2, 1999) SCCdaes not nsxssanly agrar that dx field nz Section l8 upstmmn fron <br />tl>z former Sage Crank Reservoir is an A VF. Houete , lz~ause them z< lvnital imgatimt on tlx field SCC !xu <br />ptvuidel land mmwg~u irtforrmlicvt oral farm pnx4+rtivity zalues for the hayfteld in Svrdat 18. Tle <br />atfomnstirn: grad data me Eusal on vrtenrer~r by Roy Kara of SCC am! Sinn Di11aYe, an agnarltura! eccrrorrist, <br />with randy managers. <br />The field nt Satirn 18 is dx smaller of thrte ftelds nuaragsl by tlx l/alora family as part of a !united slxtp <br />rrvtahirtg operatiac SCC says the field is approxvimtefy 10 to 15 acres in size. Dvnmm:t grass spedes in tlx <br />fdd are Smaodi Brine and b/sregrass. LY/vat~ asmou for 5 % of the field mver. It pnxGrars one ~' natntg Irr <br />}em; usually vi August at a rate of 2 fora/acre T 1.iere are sane durmpatcies Eetz¢a~t ~rlxrt SCC prorulal in <br />dxir over letter and the amrrrpzrryarg letter fron Scott Dillon, and tl>r mterrnevr shat -with dx lratdow~er <br />regarding the size of tle field vt Satiai 18. An ruuaate estvrmte of tlx field size u vnportant to ralcu/ate the <br />perrarrrtage of pra~Zrticnlion dais field as crntlrnal to thr total operatraz For prahrctruty pur]vses, Mr. Dillon <br />eanriatal d~ ftdd m le 15 acres Ray Ifinv and I meaongl the field rGrrirtg my lan inspstion oral it uxu 10 <br />acres 77x intentieui chart says that die maxuiami prtr/zution frvn dx fidd u 20 tau (z~ndt is svasistoit with a <br />10 acre field). t~di a dxmge m acreage five 15 to 10 acres, tyre are several odxr inarisisterrcies to Ix mntcreL <br />• dmify in the cuter letter that dx fidd is 10 acres. <br />• SCCestonates a total pra~iazicnt of 100-150 torts fitni all d~ [/alora freldc 71iis is a fairly la>ge rangeas <br />could be expxtal given the clmwticznriatiorc Horeete , for cvnpzrisat ptnposes with tfm frdd rn Svrtraz 18, <br />darify that 150 tons is the estunansl maxirraan p>aluctia: from die entire operatiizi. <br />• Conttr the discussinrt in dx SCC inter lette , tl~ last bullet, that says tle field pnxLnys 30 tons oral <br />oauiibutes 25 % of tle total yre/d <br />• SCC presenu a disczc~siorz of the mxnmaa five this field 71x cliscucsiat uses the 1 S acre (30 taro) real says <br />doe field provides 16% of the urG+e of the [/alora's hay prtrizatura 7lris -vnGse estvrwte also n~ls to be <br />adjiccta] to reflsr the fact dxtt dx fteld rn Settiat 18 is only 10 acres and paxliues a maxnraan of 20 tons of <br />hay as vulicattrl iri dp intennev~ faint <br />Bass! on the cuntcterl field size aryl assanatel praLutiaz leta's, SCC'narLs to prouicie rm estvruue of dx pote~xial <br />(ass vt producziviry to the 1/alora's operation if the total dissohsl solids in Sage Crank increases ro 2118 mg/1 <br />(Ec=2.9 rrardns/art). 'The potential loss »t piodirtiuity slxndd Ee ralarlate~ for the field rn Svrtiat 18 as <br />cvrtPrral to the total pra4+ctiviry fivn d~ [/alora's operatiax <br />Crop relitcliau should be basal on dx fiinnula presents! vt tlx tblatenal Damage Assesvrrsu PIUY35 PetYamrrig <br />to Alluvial I/alley Floors, Surface Wate , Cmamd Water oral Subsiderrar at Call Mines (/antutry, 1988). 'Fhe <br />crane plmit tolerariar letels brrrtg usHl at Seneca 11-W coat lr ussi Smooth Brone is a moderately sensitize spcties <br />vidr a salinity threshold of 1.3 mmhx/mt and a yield dvrrr~ese (BJ of 13.2. /could find no published salt <br />tderaria leta4 for bluegrass, so unless SCC has other data, I sug~st SCC alv ctvuitler it a rrialerately sensitive <br />species. <br />(Response to September 2, 1999 Comment) Ms. Brown of DMG visited the hayfield in question <br />and measured and calculated the field to be 10 acres in size. SCC originally estimated the field to be <br />10 to 15 acres in size. The original interview sheets and report by Mr. Scott Dillon have not been <br />revised, but based on the comment provided by Ms. Brown, the text of the past comment responses <br />is revised to read as follows: <br />