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In the version of the Map 2.05.4 -5 prior to PR -06, an area of 6.73 acres on the Mel Staats property <br />in the southeast corner of the permit was labeled as "Irrigated Farmland Alfalfa Hayland ". This <br />area was incorrectly labeled on the map since the area was actually reclaimed as Reclaimed <br />Irrigated Pastureland (IP) years ago with the seed mix for this land use type. This area was <br />seeded in the year 1995. In fact, Mel Staats had interactions with WFC over the years and <br />attended the Phase 2 bond release and had no objections to the reclamation of the property. <br />3.1 Dirk Richards Land Use Change <br />The former James Martin property is now owned by Dirk Richards. This sale took place in 2004. <br />This land was primarily irrigated in the pre -mine condition. It has come to WFC's attention via the <br />Colorado Cooperate Company (CCC) (the local irrigation water provider) that the previous <br />landowner of this parcel, James Martin, sold his remaining fifteen (15) shares of CCC ditch water <br />in May of 1988 to another party. These fifteen shares were used in the past to irrigate a portion <br />of his fifty -four (54) acre parcel of pasture land. There has been no other irrigation water allocated <br />to this parcel since this time according to CCC records. This is includes since 1993, when WFC <br />started operations in the immediate vicinity of the Dirk Richards property. Since there is no water <br />available for this parcel, WFC has elected to reclaim the mine disturbance area on Dirk Richards <br />property back to dryland pasture. This was a land use change from Reclaimed Irrigated <br />Pastureland (IP) to Dryland Pasture (DP), which was approved in Technical Revision 49 in <br />December of 2003. See Map 2.03.4 -1 for location of Dirk Richards Property. The land was <br />reclaimed in 2004 and was temporarily irrigated in 2004 and 2005 to give the land a good <br />reclamation start. This is the reason that aerial photos after the reclamation date show an area <br />of irrigated pasture. The land is now fully reclaimed as dryland pasture. <br />The letter on the following page documents the sale of the water rights. <br />PR -06 June 2010 2.05.4(2)(e) - 12 <br />