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ATTACHMENT 9-1-1 <br />UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE <br /> <br />SUBIECI': Prime farmland - Seneca II Mine <br />SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE <br />onre: December 19, 1979 <br />qp; Gary S1. Aendt, Soil Scientist <br />Peabody Coal Compax>ry <br />Campus 6 Office, Suite 600 <br />12015 E. ilbth Avenue <br />Denver, Colorado 80239 <br />Dear Mr. Aeadt: <br />"It ie Soil Conservation Services policy to make sad keep current an <br />_ inventory of the prime fa.~n~onA of the nation. This inventory ie to be <br />carried out is cooperation rith other interested agencies at the national, <br />state and local levels of government. The objective of the inventory is to <br />identify the extent and location of important rural lands needed to produce <br />food, feed, fiber, forages end oil seed trope." <br />f _. <br />Reviexing soil survey data of the area around sad including Seneca II mine, <br />xe have not identified say land as prime farmland. Prime farmland has the <br />soil quality, groxing season, and moisture supply needed to economically <br />produce sustained high yields of crops when treated and managed, including <br />xater management, according to acceptable farming methods. This condition <br />is lacking at the Seneca II mine site. <br />u <br /> <br />If you have any further questions pertaining to prime farmland, feel free <br />to call. on us. <br />Sincerely, <br />Tames F. Holladay <br />Acting District Conservationist <br /> <br />0 <br />9-2 <br />