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C2009-087 <br />2/2/2010 <br />Weberi (Rabbit Ears Gilia), and therefore is not considered as species of special interest. This <br />response full fills the requirements of Rules 2.04.10(5), 2.05.6(2)(a)(iii)(A) and 4.18(3)(1) and (ii). <br />38) Please add to the permit a letter from NRCS documenting there are no Prime farmlands in the permit <br />area. A reference this documentation in other permits is not adequate. <br />TCC has provided a letter from the NRCS, District Conservationist, dated, October 8, 2009, that there <br />are no prime or unique soils located within the permit boundary. Text has been revised on PAP page <br />2.04-173 (12/17/2009), documenting NRCS concurrence that no Prime farmland exists within the <br />proposed permit area. This letter meets the requirement of Rule 2.04.12. <br />16) Please add to the permit application the following historic reclamation information pertaining to the <br />Seneca II lands that will be transferred to the PSCM. <br />a) A year-by-year summary of seeding, <br />i) Seed mix planted, <br />ii) Inter-seeding, date and seed mix used, <br />iii) Location and date of transplants for concentrated shrub clumps, <br />SCCC provided surnmary information for seed mixes used pre-1981, through 2008, <br />incorporated into Exhibit 2.04.13-E1. Map 2.04.13-M1 provides the required information. <br />SCCC's response to 16 a) i), ii), and iii) is adequate. <br />b) A summary of topsoil replacement for those parcels that have not yet received Phase II bond <br />release. <br />SCCC provided topsoil thickness verification Summary in Exhibit 2.04.13-E2. SCCC's response to <br />16 b) is adequate. <br />c) A summary of past husbandry practices; <br />i) Weed control measures; methods-chemical, biological, or mechanical. <br />SCCC provided a copy of the weed management plan. While the weed management plan is <br />important and necessary, the plan tells the Division what SCCC will do if weeds are identified <br />on the property. The Division is requesting the historical information of what measures have <br />been employed in the past on areas reclaimed under the Seneca II permit that will be <br />transferred into the PSCM permit. Please provide the historic weed control measures for <br />these reclaimed areas. <br />ii) Grazing, location and AUMs, <br />Exhibit 2.04.13-E13 and Map 2.04.13 M2 "Grazing Map", provided information regarding <br />historic grazing and pasture definition on the reclaimed Seneca II areas within the proposed <br />Sage Creek Mine permit boundary. SCCC's response to 16 c) ii) is adequate. <br />iii) Mowing, location and dates (year would be adequate, for example: Mowed parcel 89-2 in <br />2001). <br />SCCC provided no information regarding mowing of reclaimed pastures. Since mowing can <br />be used as a weed control effort, if mowing occurred, please provide this information for <br />areas reclaimed under the Seneca II permit that are proposed to be transferred to the PSCM. <br />permit.