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Prime Farmland - Negative Determination East of 2700 Road and South of BB Road <br />UNITED STATES bATUFAT, 10� Par Place <br />DEVARTMENT OF HE;_0Vi­ lr.f; Suite 104 <br />AGRICULTURE CCIN Z� E ti V ATI () N CO 81401 <br />SERVICE f 970 244-8407 <br />March 24 1996 <br />Todci LeFt�vre <br />Western Fuels-Colorado <br />13OX 62 <br />Nucla, CO 81424 <br />Tc.dd: <br />On February It. 19W­ I tiwt with you and Jkm Irvine at a <br />site owned by oarvey Bros. ai, ; planned for future coal mining. <br />Jim was in tjjt process cr, maT��v-inq roils at this site and had two <br />;;Oil p1LV open for Ubsel vat At both pit locdtions, the soil <br />was moderately deep ibvc.•ock withir, 40 inches: of the surface). <br />We field tested soil pH it one of *,.ie locations and determined it <br />I o be c <br />. ,kre,',ter than 7.4. _ in,iiecteri that i1old pil tests for <br />,ill soil hori ftons irk al pit: lie h-id dua in this area were <br />(4 than 7.4 F. <br />1 ortu.�rLand that all lab test <br />I 'OsUlti; "onfir'111 tji(- faeld <br />Acc to USDA Natt­ a Resnurces Conservation Service <br />crili tur (JeLermininci prime farailands in Colorado, "irrigated <br />­u3ls with bedrock wi.thin 41) :kiv�thps of the surface and soil <br />horizons that have a pli hkijt --r than 7.4 are considered as having <br />high conductivity and thei4 i >re are not priinti". Based on my <br />observations. at these < ;Ites, Lh;s Fc",jl better firs the mapping <br />unit. desci iption tor Pi ouresso loam t han Harx t i n e sandy loam. <br />Froqresso loam does not even quality as potentially prime. <br />lile let me know it C ­,in bH of turrhrr i <br />'v <br />Dealt f". Fi irldt <br />1i,­iiUu1L't ConSex loni.;� <br />Wednesday, March 03, 2010.max <br />Attachment 2.04.9-6-5 <br />