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The sampling site location and number were plotted on the field map as accurately as possible. <br />One 2 -quart sample was taken to represent each natural soil horizon or contrasting layer within the <br />depth to 72 inches or bedrock, whichever was shallower <br />Samples were collected from hand -dug pits, three -inch diameter auger holes or backhoe trenches <br />that were dug at all soil sampled sites. The sampled soil material was placed in clean, labeled, <br />polyethylene plastic or Tyvek® bags, and was kept cool and as dry as possible to limit chemical <br />changes. The upper horizons of many profiles were moist upon sampling and were air dried prior <br />to shipment to IML in Sheridan, Wyoming (1988) or Colorado State University (1996 and 1998) for <br />analysis. Each sample was split at the laboratory with one portion being used for analysis and the <br />archival portion retained for additional tests, if necessary. The analysis of the samples is shown in <br />Attachment 2.04.9 -8. <br />10. Prime Farmland Determinations <br />10.1 Prime Farmland Determination - 1988 through 1998 <br />No prime farmland soils were identified at Peabody's Nucla Mine (now New Horizon Mine 1). <br />The original Permit Revision No. 2 (PR -02) Order 1 soil survey for the new "Nucla East" mine (now <br />New Horizon Mine 2), conducted for Peabody in 1987 and 1988, identified approximately 15 acres <br />of Barx soil (unit D70B on Map 2.04.9 -1) south of 5th Street Road, in the southeastern portion of <br />the new permit area. The Peabody Pre Mine Vegetation Survey identified the land use for this 15 <br />acres of D70B soil as Irrigated Hayland. The land use would indicate that there was a dependable <br />supply of water to the land at the time of the survey. During the Peabody Coal Company era, <br />Esther Staats sold a portion of this 15acres of D70B (approximately 9 acres) to Peabody Coal. In <br />Attachment 2.03.6- Evidence of Right of Entry, there is no mention of shares of CCC water shares <br />being transferred with the sale. Personal communications with Mel Staats on 21 September 2010 <br />confirmed that no CCC water shares were transferred with the 9 acres of land that fell within the <br />eastern portion of the D70B soil. Since no shares of water went with the sale, then approximately <br />9 acres of the 15 acres total would not have been adequate water to irrigate the land and thus it <br />would no longer be considered Prime Farmland. Special methods of soil handling were <br />Revised September 2010 (PR 06) 2.04.9 -9 <br />