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p .C <br />K M!t, j ! y?3 ' <br />i . <br />¦ <br />e. j e,ls <br />IS. <br />r n g ?a° it ?° May <br />s Y 1? ?1?`` ?ecexVed. <br />?. ? <br />f4 ea 1k?epr10,9 rig ; d} awards <br />=4 -? ; LI.C fro a larado and <br />a ttispeertitl' areiaber. a ..: we have.-been' dedicated to restor- <br />?.a <br />Offe:rs 'Clarification -:to Permit Revision :Issue <br />ing. *rmned lands to a realistic, determine'-if those landsAesignat- owner has: ;moved: cocain ditch <br />sustainable and stable land use. ed:as rngated land actually:have water,:, <br />Some of the opined lands have enough mater to'ailow irrigation and this water is.,tio.lorrger avail- <br />been or will be returned-to. irri- and economic farming. practices. able, the State will not allow us to <br />gated, pasture, irrigated cropland We have spent considerable . designate irrigated land on the fast <br />and dryland pasture. Available :time reviewing this and. it is defi- property.. Lloyd's rand Benson's <br />irrigation water that. -was leased nite- that the water- provided to .are also getting restored irrigated <br />with. each parcel. has been utilized Western Fuels in the lease with the land based on the available water. <br />to its`fullgst, but: still satisfies the <br />.. 11!Iorgans supply: • ` . not allow IY: sionld be:: noted" that ;the State <br />regulatory agencies' rules,`as'well fall imgation of crop-type vegeta- nat a>lOwr'?VVest:;)?uets to <br />as due landowners desires.:.. <br />As: you may he aware; all coal <br />mtmng is; heavily xgulated by The <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining atid' Safety (DAMS), Mine <br />Safety .and Health.Adminisflation <br />(MSHA), Environmental <br />Protection Agency - (EPA),.. US. <br />Army ,.Corps ,0f..Bng and <br />Colorado .Department ak- Public <br />Healttr'and, Envicioiimeaf;}o was <br />a few.- Soi66dxncs .t6,-i iisW. and <br />desires of the . landowner in" <br />Western; _Fuels-Cdlorado Ve not <br />granted _ tyy these agengus that <br />oversee the mining :and rraclaina- <br />tioo?ro?atiorts. ?¦?h? <br />..-It1il bile that, at'K3{Y4?-Wl?J <br />in the;-past, mach of the Morgan <br />property in the mme, perm t area <br />was. irrigated to son a 'degree:,Itis <br />also true -that the-Morgan land. in <br />question is consideied,prime fain- <br />land soils and could bc_cbnsidered <br />IMS ate - Pr me, farmland - vcgeta- <br />tion/crops if "adequate" - water is <br />available to irrigate it.. <br />Prit<re'farmland dace have a <br />definition given. to, _.it._ .by a fed- <br />eral agency. The State agency has <br />asked us to.review the lands in the <br />current; and future mine area to <br />non : of all leased Morgan land.. <br />This is not to, say mac the land can- <br />not be fa11y irrigated in the future, <br />-but the w ter must lie provided in <br />the lease to do it. And simply put, <br />it is not. . <br />We can only irrigate wrtb,what <br />water is availableto, us I.t,is disap- <br />pointitig thht "ffi facsts att being <br />misrePreseated <br />Itd.Wuldtie noted tbet;inaddi- <br />em-1:;Weatern 'Fuels did receive a <br />.rand wriuca, unsigned -Proposaloperty"<stating <br />they (p5ly=fio?o Mr: Frank <br />Morgan) woul , 4hrri 5onne addi <br />ti-id slimes of :t7OC water plus <br />some assistance With the cost of <br />soil prepatatioWplanting, but no <br />financial ' or other type. of: assis- <br />tance (labor, maferiais; supplies', <br />equipment) with ;the actual farm- <br />ing/itrigationoperation throughout <br />the, Reclamation :-l;onding time- <br />huw.*hich'could_be as. s' <br />as <br />10 years or as nuy .years' as it <br />-takes to acbieve:'the. specific: veg- <br />etation suocess'standards.. <br />As far as. other:.P opgm- are <br />concerned all properties are being <br />restored to irrigation based on the <br />water: that?is'-available. If. a: land- <br />`gvffWy irrigate larger>:tracts of <br />l with.wha4eve i?e allotted <br />AnotherYtalion is <br />the staLemeot that. quotes:.fiem the <br />permit.?ievisioti WFC.`•ismt in <br />du??rrung ?busmess?ared Jtas'no <br />iiueiest. in: mining :r1lie'i'ttrd back <br />As irrigated pose nu_tl up.,. This <br />refers: to .`: WesteaYa: ; > i?e1 4 desire <br />as lahid6w ei of'one- o4 :our fee <br />owned' vmdg, not anyone else's <br />land.: <br />It should alsoW.. noted that <br />WFC.- has wgrlred wrfh :another <br />landowner..wlmse-_wishes':.wem to <br />transfer all the: irrigation. water <br />from a leased '. pm , c tD -another <br />.: b -:.:.n <br />tract of land '.he` :,.I <br />- ovvpeffect, <br />he (the' hurdorvnea ' 6hidged . the <br />land ;use from irrigated pasture to <br />.dry <br />land pasture:` r <br />T>zeQk''you°farrallowing.us to <br />clarify a.number'ofahese issues. <br />If':anyone._hss ady.1:questions <br />for us:d? wowd:like-to_'discuss this <br />fttrthea; :'please tail:. Ross = Gubka <br />-.at the mine at 864-7910 or Lance. <br />Wade ai,864-2265:..'. .. <br />Respectfully, <br />R:_ Lance Wade; Mine manager <br />- ; New. Horizon mine : `::