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• WFC does not own sufficient water to irrigate this land since it has only 12 shares for a <br />total of 57vncres. <br />•— As.,- 95.89 acres. <br />Also, most of the 12 shares has been designated by Western Fuels for use on a nearby <br />property outside the permit area and is not available for irrigation on this site. <br />For this- reeler, An area of 98A soil of 4 68 acres in size on this property was determined <br />to be prime farmland by the NRCS. A portion of this area (3.96 acres) is within the <br />disturbed area boundary the rest will not be disturbed The disturbance is associated with <br />the construction of Pond 013 in the north edge of this parcel Much of this area was <br />excavated prior to the determination of the 98A soil being prime farmland soil The soil <br />was placed in nearby stockpiles. This area will be reclaimed as Irrigated Cropland (IC) <br />due to the presence of designated Prime Farmland, as determined by NRCS. WFC will <br />provide water for irrigation of this area based on the ratio used on the Morgan property's <br />irrigated fields, which was developed by NRCS and is included in Attachment <br />2.05.4(2)(e) -7. This ratio is 1.62 acres per share of water of the CC Ditch WFC will use <br />244 shares of the 12 shares to irrigate this area The reclaimed area of Irrigated <br />Cropland (IC) is shown on Mao 2. 05.4 -5. As shown on Mao 2.05.4-5. a 4" to 6" HDPE <br />pipe will be used to carry irrigation water to this area from the main pipe near the southern <br />end of the property. <br />The portion of prime farmland outside the disturbed area boundary. 0.72 acres, will be left <br />in and will be adjacent to the reclaimed irrigated cropland It will receive water from <br />the designated irrigation pipe but will not be sampled since it is outside the disturbed <br />area <br />WFC is reclassifying the rest of this land as Dryland Pasture (DP). This is 95.89 acres - <br />3.96 acres = 91.93 acres <br />Since this tract did include large portions of irrigated land in the ore -mine condition WFC plans <br />to restore large portions of the tract so that irrigation could be used in the future if additional water <br />were allocated to the tract The post -mine topography has been calculated using a detailed <br />balance of the overburden available from the remaining mining while accounting for the pit void <br />as well as the large overburden stockpile These calculations are presented in Section <br />PR -06 May 2010 2.05.4(2)(e) - 6 <br />