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Reference Area Management <br />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 waterto the reclaimed areas and the reference area <br />at the same time. Western Fuels owns the reference area and is in charge of the irrigation <br />management of it. The same contractor who manages the reclaimed area will manage the <br />reference area. This is not the case with any other Reclaimed Irrigated Pastureland area within <br />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 />irrigation may also be employed in the reclaimed area. The irrigation method in all Reclaimed <br />Irrigated Pastureland reclaimed areas was flood irrigation prior to mining. <br />The expected application rate of water: Water will be applied to the reference area based on the <br />ratio used for the irrigation of Reclaimed Irrigated Pastureland on the Lloyd property. <br />Plans for livestock grazing: The reference area will be grazed by cows in late June, after any <br />vegetation studies are completed. The livestock will be removed by the end of June, and the <br />reference area will not be further grazed by livestock during the growing season. The reclaimed <br />area will be hayed in late June after any vegetation studies are completed. Winter grazing by <br />cows, deer and elk occur on all areas. <br />Plans for haying: The reclaimed area is hayed in late June after any vegetation studies are <br />completed. The reference area is too small to hay, therefore, it is grazed to simulate the haying. <br />The contractor will be instructed to graze the reference area to this same degree. <br />Plans for fertilization: Fertilizer may be applied to the reference area and the reclaimed area but <br />must be done at the same time and the same rate per acre on both areas. The application rate <br />will be similar to normal practices in the surrounding area for Reclaimed Irrigated Pastureland. The <br />contractor will be instructed that this practice must be followed. Fertilizer may not be applied every <br />year. It will be applied at the frequency that is normal good practice for the area and the soils, as <br />determined by NRCS. <br />PR -06 June 2010 2.05.4(2)(e) - 29 <br />