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of Irrigated Pasture areas and Irrigated Pasture Swales were identified on the Morgan property. <br />Subsequentdiscussions with the Morgans have taken place where theybelieve thatover the years, <br />the historic use of these areas has been Irrigated Cropland. For this reason, the Irrigated Pasture <br />areas have been re- designated as Irrigated Cropland for the Permit Revision 06. <br />The San Miguel Power property, east of 2700 Road has been both irrigated and used as dryland <br />in the past. Although San Miguel does not have ditch rights, they are supplied water by WFC from <br />Calamity Draw. For this reason, the land has been classified as Irrigated Pasture (IP). <br />There are 5 types of Rangeland - Sagebrush (SG), Sagebrush 9 (SG -9) and Sagebrush 2 (SG -2), <br />Floodplain and Deciduous Trees. Roads (R) are classified as Commercial use and Farmsteads and <br />associated open space disturbances are now classified as Residential use. Existing Disturbed <br />lands have now been called Residential - Open Space Disturbed Areas. No boundaries of these <br />land use areas have been changed, only the classification categories to comply with Rule 9.04. <br />For the 2009 Permit Revision, a slight boundary adjustment due to more accurate surveying has <br />changed the permit boundary from 823.56 acres to 827.44 acres. The changes all occur on the <br />extreme west edge of the permit area on the Morgan property and the WFC property. <br />4.0 Description of Pre -Mine Land Use Areas <br />See Map 2.04.3 for the exact location of all of these areas. Detailed descriptions of the pre -mine <br />vegetation types are included in Section 2.04.10 Vegetation Information. The entire permit area <br />is 827.44 acres. Of this total. 764.06 acres will be disturbed. <br />4.1 Cropland - Irrioated Orchards (ICO) This category includes a few abandoned fruit tree <br />orchards from decades ago. They were not in well kept condition during the initial permitting in <br />1987. <br />4.2 Cropland - Irrioated Alfalfa Hay (IC) These areas have some combination of grass and alfalfa <br />which are well- managed, irrigated consistently with application of fertilizer and harvested. Alfalfa <br />is the predominant plant. These lands have primarily prime farmland soils, as determined by the <br />NRCS in 2008. See discussion in this section on Prime Farmlands and prime Farmland Soils. <br />4.3 Cropland - Irrioated Small Grain (ICSG) These areas were historically used for small grain <br />production. Within the permit area, soils where this type is delineated are generally shallow and <br />boggy, and not considered to have a high crop production potential. During the baseline sampling <br />Revised September 2010 (PR 06) 2.04.3 -5 <br />