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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. aslRsgllas_ayatlable.tp.;bewsalv.iii <br />N® <br />The pre -mine soil survey (IRI, 1998) did not define any soil within the permit boundary as being <br />"prime farmland ". However, in February 2008, the NRCS stated that soil units 98A and 98E as <br />mapped by IRI qualified as Prue farmland (see Attachment 2.04.9 -101. Part of the reason for <br />this reversal was due to a typographical error in the previous NRCS documentation. Therefore, <br />Technical Revision 57 (TR -57) to the mine permit was submitted to the DRMS in March 2008 to <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 />conform to the proposed handling procedures for these soils. <br />i• <br />In early 2008, The Norwood office of the NRCS determined that the Begay, Banc and Darvey <br />soil types (equivalent to theA and 98E soils: in the permit area west of 2700 Road), met the <br />` Q r qualifications of jpnme Farmland ", as defined by the USDA ( See letter from the NRCS in <br />0 G - f04.9 -10j. There are 4.68 acres of 98A on the® n <br />Mel C'° _ <br />-,.� within th permit boundary on the Morgan property that are consider ' <br />1{of`r f�armla�nd 'e Map 2.04.9 -1 and Table 2.04.9 -6? In the area north of BB Road and west of <br />Y 72 00 Road, an area of 4.46 acres of 98E soil exists on the northern edge of the <br />® 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 98A soil <br />is shown on the north edge of the � Since the disturbed area has extended <br />slightly north of 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. For 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 />�` C�, <br />• (Revised Nov 208) \ 2.05.4(2)(d) -1 <br />e <br />