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C- 1981 -008 PR -06 <br />PAR — Supplemental <br />06- Apr -2010 <br />Page 3 of 7 <br />an additional high quality forage species adapted to dry conditions in the presence <br />of competition from winter annuals. The Division recommends the following <br />mix: <br />Species <br />Cultivar <br />lbs /ac. <br />Fairway crested wheatgrass <br />Ephraim <br />,PLS <br />0.6 <br />Thickspike wheatgrass <br />Critana <br />1.4 <br />Russian wildrye <br />Bozoisky <br />1.0 <br />Alfalfa <br />Spreador 2 <br />0.6 <br />Western wheatgrass <br />Arriba <br />1.6 <br />Forage kochia* <br />Immigrant <br />0.2 <br />Total Perennial Pounds PLS Per Acre <br />5.4 <br />*Forage kochia should be surface broadcast in late fall or winter; use seed from <br />current year harvest, to ensure high component of viable seed. <br />• A low rate (10 -15 lb /acre PLS) of the sterile triticale "Quickguard" or equivalent <br />should be drill seeded as a cover crop with the perennial seed mix, to provide for <br />initial quick ground cover, and shading for the perennial seedlings during the first <br />growing season. <br />Please provide affected landowners the opportunity to comment on the amended <br />seed mix. <br />51. Reference in Item 51 A, to Item "25" is erroneous; reference should be to Item "57. <br />53. This item in the original PAR letter requested that the topographic map layer be included <br />on the Postmining Vegetation/Land Use Map (Exhibit 2.05.4 -5). The Division <br />subsequently requests that, in addition, the pre - mining topographic layer be provided for <br />Maps 2.04.3 (land use), 2.049 (baseline soils) and 2.04. 10 (baseline vegetation). <br />55. Several comments have been received regarding the approved post - mining land use for <br />the Martin (now Richards) parcel. A change from Irrigated Pasture (IP) to Dryland <br />Pasture (DP) was approved by the Division with TR -49 in 2004. The original IP was <br />determined to have been an error; in 1988, the Martins had sold the water shares assigned <br />to the property, and the parcel had not been irrigated in the intervening years prior to the <br />property's incorporation into the permit. Please provide documentation of the sale of the <br />water shares from the Martin parcel for inclusion into the Permit. <br />60. Based on documentation provided to the Division at the informal conference and <br />subsequent correspondence with the MRCS, the Division requests that WFC re- assess the <br />issue of irrigated acreage /irrigation designs for the Morgan property. The MRCS <br />previously determined that 50 shares of CCC Ditch water would be sufficient to irrigate <br />71 acres of the Morgan property using 3 sideroll sprinklers. The Morgan family has <br />indicated that they are willing to make additional shares of water available for irrigation <br />