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• TABLE 2.04.3-1 <br />ACREAGES BY EXISTING LAND USE, <br />NEW HORIZON MINE PERMIT AREA <br />Land Status Category Acres % of Total Acres <br />Reclaimed Lands 347.83 37.58 <br />Mining Related Disturbance, Unreclaimed 61.66 6.66 <br />Undisturbed Native Rangeland 134.98 14.58 <br />Irrigated Hayfields /Cropland 181.73 19.63 <br />Abandoned Irrigated Hayfields /Cropland 108.52 11.72 <br />Residence 9.28 1.00 <br />Mine Facilities and Related Areas 68.94 7.45 <br />County Roads within the Permit Area 11.69 1.26 <br />Miscellaneous 1.07 0.12 <br />TOTAL 925.7 100.00 <br /> <br />Reclaimed Lands. This category includes all mined lands and mining related disturbances which <br />have been reclaimed within the New Horizon Mine permit area. Included are lands reclaimed both <br />prior to and after May 3, 1978. <br />Mining Related Disturbances. Unreclaimed. Included in this category are all areas of disturbance <br />within the permit area requiring final reclamation. Final reclamation activities will vary from area to <br />area but will include some or all of the following: backfilling, grading, topsoiling and seeding. <br />Undisturbed Native Rangeland. These areas have not been affected by mining or intensive <br />agricultural activities. The mine control boundary and permit area fences exclude I livestock grazing <br />on the reclaimed portions of the permit. However, limited commercial and non-commercial grazing by <br />cattle, sheep and horses on the mine permit area in advance of the mining does occur. <br />Irrigated Hayfields / Crosland. Included are those agricultural lands remaining within the permit <br />area which continue to be irrigated and managed as such. <br />• (REVISED26 Aug 2002) 2.04.3-4 <br />