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were accurately measured by Peabody in 1987 for fields that contained alfalfa hay and the yield <br />was only 0.82 tons per acre. <br />For the reasons listed above; it is proposed thatw. #he standards for coffer and produOf" , ,, for <br />all irrigated pasture in the permit are abandoned �n favor of an irngp,ed pasture reference areas <br />_... <br />WFC has looked` fora reference:area,with n a reasonable,I jot hce to the permit area. One was <br />found. Prior to submittal of Phase ll or Phase Ill bond'releas",Ohe perm itwill'bezrevised to specify <br />that areas reclaimed to,irrigated ag "riculturaI use west of`2700 Road and south of BB Road will.be <br />classified as Irrigated Cropland postmining lands use,,6nd „as such will be subject to'Irrigated <br />Cropland success standards. The proposed Irrigated Pasture Reference Area is applicable, only <br />to Irrigated Pastureland postmining land use areas, not to Irrigated Cropland postmining land use <br />areas. <br />New Irrigated Pasture Reference Area <br />For TR -58, WFC proposes that a new reference area of 6.81 acres immediately south of the mine <br />office be used to evaluate irrigated pasture reclamation success. This reference area is shown on <br />the map on page 2.05.4(2)(e) -61. The area was selected and is deemed appropriate for the <br />following reasons: <br />1) The water in this reference area and all mine reclaimed areas is from the same ditch of the CC <br />Company, thereby eliminating any differences in water availability during the year. The contractor <br />will be required by Western Fuels to apply the water to the reclaimed areas and the reference area <br />at the same time. <br />2) Western Fuels owns the reference area and is in charge of the irrigation management of it. The <br />same contractor who manages the reclaimed area will manage the reference area. This is not the <br />case with any other irrigated pasture area within a reasonable distance of the mine permit area. <br />The contractor will release water into the reclaimed area and the reference area from the CCC <br />ditch at the same time. The flood irrigation of the reference area will be regulated to simulate the <br />same plant application rate and conditions of the side roll irrigation of the reclaimed area. Flood <br />Revised April /09 TR58 <br />2.05.4(2)(e) -19C <br />TR -58 <br />,qppoved <br />3�4al 2X? <br />