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southern end of the property. A gated pipeline will run along the uphill edge of the field, <br />similar to the Lloyd and Benson fields. <br />• The portion of prime farmland outside the disturbed area boundary, 0.72 acres, will be left <br />in place 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 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 pre -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 />2.05.4(2)(c). Approximately 54 acres of the WFC property in the permit area could be irrigated in <br />the future after bond release if additional water was available and the landowner decided to use <br />it. This is based on the area where slopes are milder than 6H:1 V, as seen on Map 2.05.4 -5. Since <br />water would be brought from the main pipe on the high point of the property, all lower areas can <br />be easily irrigated if WFC or a future landowner decides to make more water available for this <br />area. <br />4) The Morgan property south of BB Road and west of 2700 Road of 107.96 acres that has been <br />designated in the pre -mine discussion (Section 2.04.3) as Irrigated Cropland (IC). As discussed <br />previously, the soils in this area are primarily Barx (98E), therefore, all of the land has been <br />considered prime farmland soils and since the water has been made available for irrigation, all of <br />this tract is considered prime farmlanand will be restored to Irrigated Cropland (IC). <br />• It has been observed that the Morgan's management style for this field before mining <br />commenced was to flood irrigate the field by gated pipe and furrow strips that ran the <br />length of the field. Typically, the watering would take place at the beginning of each <br />harvest cycle. Massive amounts (up to 70 shares of water or 2 CFS for the eastern 22.89 <br />acre field) were used and needed to traverse portions of the field. This is called "Pulse <br />Flow Irrigation" and it is needed to push the water in the furrows to the furthest point in the <br />field. The aerial photo indicates some of the furrows were in excess of 1,280 feet. It was <br />PR -06 June 2010 2.05.4(2)(e) -10 <br />