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8. ??VILI? requested extensive revision to applicable text, tables and maps, to provide <br />clarification and consistency concerning the relationship arxian various postine <br />vegetation types, eedmixes, and postrnine land use classifications withiIl the H-? rnine <br />area, in confarrnance with land use designations of Mule 1.?4. In response, the operator <br />revised permit section 2.a.4???e} and Map ?.a.???. <br />The amended Postmiriing ?eettian?Land lase Map for the NI??? portion of the permit <br />area Map x.45.4-} shows the dominant past?nining land use to be Pastureland, including <br />two major reclairrled area vegetation types; Irrigated Grass ?IP?eedrnix ??, and <br />?astureland?Dry ?DP?eedmix 8}.The map also depicts a rriinor Pastureland reclairried area <br />vegetation type; Irrigated wales ?IPwleedrnix ?}, and minor acreages of permanent <br />ponds, roads, and facilities, which fall under specified land use categories of Rule <br />1.4471}. A second agricultural postmin?ng land use depicted on the map is cropland, <br />represented by a single crop type; Irrigated Grass Hay ?ICGIeedmi? 7}. There is orrie <br />acreage of Rangeland land use native vegetation types} within the margins of the permit <br />area, but there are no reclaimed areas designated as Rangeland. <br />The new map and text revisions are substantial in?pravements to the docurnen.t, and the <br />clarity of the section i much improved. stern Resolved. <br />?e yew cor?er?? ??, r?g?rdi? ?re?essary der?orts?ra?ions for reterr?r'o?t o?'?aer??a???? <br />?aci?i?ies aid impoundrr?s, and doc?n?e?r?a?io?r op?rrni? aria ?a?r?owr?er cor?s???atiort <br />ar?d car??r?? rear?i? os?n?i?te ???d ??e d?si?ratrons, <br />9. ?N[LR had requested deletion of the second paragraph an page ?.?5.4??}fie}-? which <br />appeared to b outdated stated that "... irrigated pasture may be irrigated" aril "application <br />rats will he submitted to DIG for concurrence}'?. The paragraph was properly deleted. <br />Item Resolved. <br />See ?e? con?r?errt ?3, reardirr r?er??e ?a tec?tnica? ?cu?terr?s or? ?vri?fen <br />recan?enda?io?r of ??ca? ari????ra? au??rari?y, ?o der?or?s?ra?e ghat ?rria?r`o?t aid <br />f er?idiza?ro? n????rods ??? rates for irria??ed hay crop?ar?? arzd irrig???pas???e??r?d ire <br />ap?ropria?e. <br />l a. GLIB had Hated an error in the eedrriix formulation far eedrnix #S ?Dryiand pasture <br />eedrriix?, and requested that it be corrected. MLR had also requested that I?RC he <br />contacted regarding their experience with the recently developed "Newby„ wheatgrass <br />hybrid, which has seldan? been used on reclaimed lands and with which we have limited <br />knowledge. The farn?ulation error was corrected, but the question regarding `?Newhya' <br />wheatg?as hybrid was oat addressed. please p?ravide documentation from NR or <br />other appropriate authorities to confirm that Newby wheatgras is desirable and <br />apprapria#e far inclu?i?n in the d?ylar?d p??t?re ?eedmix at New Hor??r?. <br />l l . MLR had expressed concern, based on observed results at l?ew Hori?an, that the practice <br />of irrigating dryland pasture areas far the first three gears as described in the application on <br />page ?.05.4???}fie}-11 ?appareritly at relatively heavy rates}, might be detrimental to long <br />4