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affected by mining activities. In May 1983, Surface Mine Permit No. C- 008 -81 was approved for <br />the Nucla Mine (Original NH1). At that time, approximately two- thirds of the original permit area <br />was affected by mining activities and all irrigated lands south of the county bypass road and west <br />of the north -south county road had been abandoned. The Nucla Mine (composed of the Nucla and <br />Nucla East areas) was purchased by WFC in 1992. The name was changed to the New Horizon <br />Mine (with New Horizon 1 and New Horizon 2 areas corresponding to the Nucla and Nucla East <br />areas respectively). Existing land use on the NH1 mine permit area is predominated by irrigated <br />pasture, native rangeland and reclamation of old coal mine areas. <br />It has been a normal practice for farmers to historically move water from one field to anotherwithin <br />their property or sell water to other people in the area to allow them to irrigate another field for <br />some time interval. Map 2.04.3 Pre -Mine Land Use shows the uses recorded by Peabody for the <br />permit area south of BB Road and east of 2700 Road. This was the original permit area. The <br />amended permit area includes all other areas from the study done in 1998. The aerial photo <br />included on Map 2.04.10 -1 Pre -Mine Vegetation, shows the site in 1998. <br />Table 2.04.3 -1 "Acreages by Land Use, New Horizon Mine Permit Area" lists the various land uses <br />within the permit area and the corresponding acreages. A discussion of these various land uses <br />follows. <br />!Vote: for the 2006 Mid Term Review, pre -mine land uses have been classified according to the <br />listings in Rule 9.04 and a new map has been added to show these uses. This map is Map 2.04.3 <br />Pre -Mine Land Use. Swale Drainage areas are now listed as Pastureland - Irrigated - Swale <br />(IPSW). Ponds are called Developed WaterResource- Ponds. There are no Facilityareas. Cropland <br />consists of irrigated orchards (ICO) and irrigated alfalfa hay (IC) areas that are extensively <br />managed. There are other crop areas in the vicinity for silage corn but none in the permit area. <br />Pastureland includes Pastureland Irrigated Hay (IPH), which is alfalfa /grass or grass pastureland <br />that is harvested for hay most years and Pastureland Irrigated Grass (IP), is grass dominated <br />pastureland that is generally not harvested for hay. <br />We believe that one area of former Irrigated Hayland should be classified as Irrigated Cropland on <br />the Morgan property due to consistent baling of hay and good soils. The majority of soils on the <br />Morgan property in the permit area are prime farmland soils, as determined by the MRCS in 2008. <br />These changes are reflected in the following maps: 2.04.3 Pre -Mine Land Use and 2.04.90 -9 Pre - <br />Mine Vegetation. In the 9999 soils and vegetation study conducted by Jim Irvine of IRI, a number <br />Revised September 2010 (PR 06) 2.04.3 -4 <br />