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10.4 Discussion of Individual Areas for Consideration to be Prime Farmland -Sons <br />1) Areas east of 2700 Road and south of BB Road (Original Permit area) <br />The original permit area contains an area of D70B (Banc) soil which is prime farmland soil that <br />could have been considered prime farmland -self, but after Dean Stindt did an inspection of the <br />property in 1992, he concluded that there was not adequate supply of water nor was it <br />historically managed to a high degree for this area to be considered prime farmland soils. This <br />letter is found in Attachment 2.04.9 -6. There was no special handling of the soils in this area <br />based on these findings. <br />2) Morgan fields south of BB Road and west of 2700 Road <br />The fields southwest of the intersection of BB Road and 2700 Road have sufficient prime <br />farmland soil (98E) such that the entire area of fields is considered prime farmland soil (total of <br />107.96 acres disturbed). These lands are owned by Morgan. As is seen from Map 2.04.9 -1, <br />some soils in these fields are not prime, but all fields in this area will be considered as such for <br />reclamation. Although Western Fuels has mined the eastern portion of these areas prior to the <br />prime farmland soils designation, all prime farmland soils on the Morgan property (which is the <br />entire Morgan property in the permit area) will be restored to prime farmland standards. Water <br />availability from the Morgans has determined the entire fields <br />can actually be restored to Prime Farmland use as Irrigated Cropland (IC) a. d vltat am an <br />3) Small area in northwest portion of permit area on WFC Propert y <br />There are 4.68 acres of 98A (northwest corner of permit) on the WFC property which is <br />basically in a low lying bend area of Tuttle Draw. This area is considered prime farmland soil. A <br />(Revised October 09) 2.04.9 -19 <br />