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farmland" by the NRCS in January, 2008. Soil handling from February 2008 onward has been <br />modified to account for this change in designation. <br />Generally; those soils which have a very high percentage of coarse fragments (greater than 35 <br />percent by volume), very shallow bedrock (0 to 10 inches), and shallow ground water (less than <br />1 to 2 feet), have little suitable topsoil to be salvaged. <br />J <br />The pre mine soil survey (IRI, 1998) did not define any soil within the permit boundary as being <br />"primeifarmland". However, in February 2008, the NRCS stated that soil units 98A and 98E as <br />mapped by fRl qualified as Part of the reason for <br />this reversal was due to a typographical error in the previous NRCS documentation. Therefore, <br />technical fevtsion 87TR_5) (o themine permit was sufmitted to the DRNIS in'MarcFr20080 <br />address the changes in Prime Farmland and in the topsoil handling procedures. All mine <br />operations in' the areas designated "prime farmland" occurring from February 2008 forward <br />corifarm to the. proposed handling procedures for these soils. <br />In early 2008, The Norwood office of the NRCS determined that the Bega <br />y, Barx and Darvey <br />soil types (equivalent to th 1 ' <br />the permit area west of 2700 Road), met the <br />qualificatibn's : of <br />? r <br />as defined by the USDA ( See. letter from the NRCS in <br />There are 4.68 acres of 98A on the an <br />within the ermit boundary on the Morgan property that are considere <br />farmland <br />In the area north of BB Road and west of <br />700 Road, ari area of 4.46 acres of 98E soil exists on the northern edge of the <br />ISM.This is not considered prime since it was not managed as cropland in the past and <br />there is insufficient water on this tract for the proper irrigation. An area of 0.55 acres of 98Asoil <br />is shown ..oh. the north edge of the NAM !11 Since the disturbed area has extended <br />slightly north f the soil survey boundary, this area is assumed to be 1.00 acres. Nevertheless, <br />the area is too small to be considered prime and was never managed as prime farmland in the <br />past Fidr this 'reason, these particular tracts of 4.46 acres and 1.00 acres are not considered <br />prime. This was verified by the NRCS in 2008. The prime farmland areas are described below. <br />(Revised'NOV 2 os) 2.05.4(2)(d)-13 <br />?°