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r' <br />Qc? <br />rYs <br />The Division has recently received letters f -Orn Frank Morgan and other members <br />of his family, as well as other area residents, indicating that the Morgan propertY raps} and <br />within the permit area is Irrigated Cropland (pure, alfalfa y and row <br />should be properly classified as such on the Pre-Mining Laird Use Map. Also, <br />some of the comments we have received have indicated that the Sam Miguel. <br />Power property, east of 2700 Road, was not historically irrigated; however this <br />property appears to be mapped as Irrigated Pastore on Map <br />Please revise Map 2.04.3 and related tables and narrative in Section 2.043, as <br />appropriate to properly reflect the pre-mining land uses, taking into account <br />information provided by NRCS,.pwmit area landowners, and other <br />appropriate doeumeatatioa. Please take into account the regniremeat of <br />Role 2.043(2)(8), that "if the p emining use of e and was s changed Morin begin? the the five years prior to the date operations are propose <br />use of the land shall also be described". <br />Rule- 04.9 Soils Resource Ii orm? ' n <br />documented in <br />Soil resources within the permit area appear to have <br />nabeen rrative. mapping, roil type <br />compliance with applicable requirements. Detailed <br />description and analyses are included within Section 2.04.9 of the application and in Table <br />Criteria for evaluating sail suitability are addressed in the narrative <br />2.04.9,2, and recommendations for average salvage thickness by soil map unit <br />(based on the site specific sumY and sampling results) are included (see Map <br />2.049-1). in general, the recommended salvage approach for the deeper, more <br />productive soil types which supported irrigated cropland or irrigated pastureland <br />was a -two lift" operation, in which upper sub-horizons are removed in the first <br />lift, and lower sub-horizons removed in a second mon the regraded surface. <br />materials to remain segregated for sequen replacement <br />A "single lift" salvage approach was recommended for shallower soil types, <br />which primarily supported rangeland prior to mining. <br />Rule 2&4.12 a Farmlo d In es t o <br />The Natural Resources Conservatiozt Service (NRCS) is the federal agency having <br />the authority for prime farmland designations. In assocWiotr with prirrr <br />permitting actions at the New Horizon Mine, MRCS was contacted by time <br />2 <br />A letter the Division received from JoE11W Turner (previously f {designated <br />??.... end is a <br />surface owner Unit 43, on Map 2,03.41), is prime farmland: prix-06 farnml <br />aN .....? -- - -_..