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.-~ S ~~ z.oa.lz <br />~J <br />iii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii :.. <br />999 <br />_ i <br />Doc Date:12/11/2001 <br />PRIME FARMLAND I11V~STIGATION <br />'lhe surface area (permit area) of the slue Flame Coal mine contains no <br />orime farmland, The private surface overlyiny the underground mine works <br />contains no prir,.e farmland. 1"ne private surf:+ce overlying the proposed new <br />federal coal lease contains no prime farmland. <br />1. ?::^.e iand has not been hiscori~ally usr:~i as <. cruphnd. Livestock <br />graying a::d some hay cross haw ];een grr~wn in tl,~: i!ay C:uich bteadow. <br /><. T;e U. S. Soil Cons: r:aCion .•~•u~]c9 has not destgnat~d the areas <br />of the mine ::each, nor the surfccc areas above the mine workings as crime <br />farmland. This includes but i.s not lim.tai to Scc. 32 5 31, 'P3~6, 1211 41., La <br />Plata County. <br />• .,~ (1) The Division is correct in understand'_~.q that :.he coil to be mined is <br />privately o'.+mc'd b}~ hiR. PIDEL L~P,A'Ib. The sentence "thrr private surface overlying <br />the proposed new ['ederal coal le,~se contains n~~ farmland" was mistakenly included <br />in the paragraph, The paragrrph should -oad the nurCace area (permit area) of <br />the CLUE PT~I>r1E COl+L h1INF'. contains no prime fanalnnrl, the private surface overlayin <br />the unc'ergrcnmd mine works r'nntain no prime tannland". 1'he sentence eluded to in <br />the :,cieyuacy !review fr_tter N2 has been removed ficm th,; pnra~)raoh. <br />r~) ?>ur,ua.;t to i+Llc ?.04.1' [~,iragr.~ph 3, f3LlRi I'L-+htf! COQ\?, ?~iIP1(i submits a re- <br />cp.+ st Cor a neyatwe determination ~:hich concludes CY+at Che land nr_ets one of the <br />criteria of 2.0.1,12, paragraph 2. This land sha1,L not be considered prime falnn- <br />l.~s~d, ::L~:rcby 6L11E iLJ,MEl'O,\L h1INE rlJrnnstrates thn* (,~) the iand has not been <br />historically uses] as crop l:md, (b) the land is not irri,?ntcd or naturally suu- <br />irr;r~ated, has n.-~ developed ~.'cter supply that is drpendnblc or ref c~deyuate <br />rrua~ity. (c) nn tl;e h-+sis n[ ,~ so.il survey uf: ;hc 1~w1ris wil.hin ehe permit area <br />! ' <br />the rd arc no soil ,~~p u:r.its that have oeen desirlnntr•.l S~riuF7 ir:rmlai~rl b~ the J. ~. <br />Soil Con~er.'nCic:~ Service, again BLUE F'iAMI3 COi.1, P1TNE snihrnits a redur_,t Eor a <br />ne_p;tive dete~mu+a'._ion for non-designated lard with th+° pc~rrit application es- <br />tt+blishu:+g ca,;~1:.?nce ~~rith 2.4.12{'+. <br />• _ <br />