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999 <br />• <br />Doc Date:12/11/2001 <br />S~~ 2.04.12 Prime Farmland Investigation <br />Reconnaissance inspections by GEC Minerals, Inc. indicate that no <br />prime farmland is present within the permit area. Results of this <br />inspection indicate that all the proposed mine land is excluded <br />from being prime farmland because the land has not historically <br />been used as cropland. This is based on the soil survey infor- <br />mation supplied by the Soil Conservation Service and the fact that <br />no soil areas encountered in the area have been designated as soil <br />mapping units applicable to being prime farmland. In addition, the <br />consultation with the Land Use Map as prepared by the Soil Conserv- <br />ation Service indicates that no farming takes place within the <br />permit area or the adjacent areas. <br />• <br />• <br />2.04-20 <br />