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~~ III'IIIIIIIIIIII III Doc Date:12/11/2001 <br />2.04.12 Prime Farmland Investigation <br />3n offer to determine the presence of potential prime farmlands <br />within the permit area, a reconnaissance inspection was conducted <br />to determine if any prime farmland was present in those areas to be <br />disturbed by surface operations or facilities. Results of the <br />investigation indicate that all of the area to be disturbed by <br />surface operations or facilities can be excluded as prime farmland, <br />since the land has not historically been used as cropland. This <br />conclusion is based upon consultation with the local Soil <br />Conservation Service (SCS). Based also on soil-survey information <br />supplied by the Soil Conservation Service, no soil series <br />encountered on the area have been designated as soil mapping units <br />applicable as prime farmland. This conclusion is confirmed by <br />correspondence from Mr. William Lee Hill, the USDA Soil <br />Conservationist for Moffat County, to Colowyo, enclosed as Exhibit <br />9, Soils information as a December 18, 1980 letter from Mr. William <br />Lee Hill of SCS to Colowyo. The letter states that "No lands in <br />Moffat County have been designated as prime farmland." <br />Based upon the soil survey conducted by the U.S. Soil Conservation <br />Service and subsequent interpretation of that survey by the SCS, <br />Colowyo is hereby requesting a negative determination for prime <br />farmland. <br /> <br />2.04.12-1 <br />