2010-03-01_REVISION - C1981008 (2)

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State laws, contacting the Secretary of interior and the US Department of Agriculture and NOT permit WFC to enter our property until all prime farmland plans were met.. WFC did not start mining this property until years later which the DRMS had plenty of time to contact the Secretary of Interior and the US Department of Agriculture. Each Haul Pac at that time, held about 100 tons. Topsoil of a prime consistency was worth about $100 per ton.And this quote is not for GOOD quality topsoil as ours was ) There was 3 haul pacs for three days and three nights, hauling 100 tons each. They removed a minimum of $2,350,000 worth of prime topsoil off of this property and put it on Bud Bensons and YOU allowed them to do it. YOU violated every rule and regulation set forth governing PRIME TOPSOIL because NO PRIME SOILS CAN EVER LEAVE THE PROPERTY THEY ARE ON! AND that is figuring the VERY MINIMUM for PRIME soils. THEN in 2008. 10 years later, 10 years later, you come up with a back ward and forward plan which we do not accept or agree to. We had soils up to 60 inches deep and YOU want to put back -22 inches. The Bench One Material , the salt content and conductivity was raised from 4 which we had less that 4, we had 3.88 maximum, you have allowed them to raise to 6 And then it says that this will not affect NEW seeding but once established, it could. And then it says, MAYBE not alfalfa or grasses, but we DON"T JUST RAISE ALFALFA. What about Corn, and wheat, and oats, and everything we raise. You have NO RIGHTS nor does WFC to make those kind of decisions about our prime topsoil according to ALL FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE LANDOWNER!!!!! WE HAD PRIME TOPSOIL OF UP 60 INCHES OR MORE AND YOU WANT US TO ACCEPT 22 and WE WEREN'T ALLOWED AT THE MEETING TO PUT IN OUR KNOWLEDGE AT ALL. WE HAVE BEEN VIOLATED BY WESTERN FUELS AND THE DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING, AND SAFETY!!!!! Also, when they were doing the soil sample for the bench one material to be suitable, they HIT lots of rock and was unable to auger some of the sample points and in our Prime Soils, THERE WERE NO ROCKS!!!! AND then what happens in the future?? Say we need another soil survey done for whatever reason. WHERE ARE OUR PRIME SOILS 60 inches DEEP THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS???? NOW we have 22 inches and then a mess under that. THIS IS NOT RIGHT!!! You have NO right to take away what we had and You have no right to have allowed WFC to do that. You have violated ALL of the Federal and State Laws. There is a lot of things done wrong to us here and we were just asking for our property to be put back so that we could go on with our lives. YOU and WFC are threatening our livelihoods and trying to take away the only jobs we have and we have begged you to put us back the way we were. But, instead we have had to fight every bit of the way and are still fighting and if this continues, we have NOTHING to lose to go forward with whatever suits we need to file, but they will not be just against WFC, they will also be against the Division for failing to do their jobs and upholding the rules and regulations that were set forth to govern the mining industry and protecting the landowner from this terrible thing that has happened. We have told you in over 50 letters and in Person that this is UNLIKE every farm in this area. Mr. Morgan has Used this farm for the ENTIRE support of his family. THERE was NO other jobs that he did. He did not work off this farm and neither did Mrs. Morgan and EVERY EVERY farmer here has used other sources of employment. Bud Benson or no one else has