2011-01-24_ENFORCEMENT - C1981008 (2)

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i approved. This so- called suitable subsoil was not segregated separately, this so- called suitable subsoil raised the salt content and the rock fragment content and size. We had prime soils down 72 inches deep. In Pr -06 it states that we had up to 69 inches again wrong information. And, in fact, we are getting much deeper depths than even documented. The reason there is prime farmland soils is because of the physical and chemical characteristics and well as the. texture and depth of those type of soils which make the prime farmland so valuable. In Pr -06, it is documented that this elevated salts and rock fragments may be suitable for shallow rooted plants but the deep rooted plants may not do well. When the Board approved this suitable subsoil, they again violated the rules and regulations because 4.25 states specifically that a substitute must be equal or better than what we had and we had the very best. It also states that it must be of equal . or better quality and to the depths of what was in the natural existence. Again, a violation'. Also on the East side of 2700 road, ere is a stoc -pre which e ongs to us. Some that was{stolen. This pile is a mixed lift and the only property that was done in a mixed lift was ours. Also they use our soils even today to fill in sink holes on other peoples property. They also state in Pr -06 that our soils were used for a deficiency on Bud Bensons property, yet they have another mixed lift of what should be ours stockpiled on Bud Bensons property. Why steal our soils? They had a stock pile that they claim was Buds, good soil, mixed lift, and they are finished completely with Bud Bensons, so where did the Mix lift of soil come from. They have to do a two lift operation, and they did on everyones but ours, how do they have all of these stockpiles o rztf ixed g000c Tip soils? I want an investigation. I want OSM to come again. They approved Pr -06 and they are in total non- compliance of the rules and regulations. Mr. Berry wrote a letter to WFC and stated that they do not have to get landowner consent, that there are other ways around getting Pr -06 approved. This again is against rules and regulations. No major changes can be made to a landowners property without written consent from the landowner. The property must be returned to as good as or better than it was prior to mining_ In Pr - -06, they want to give us back 22 inches of a combined A and B lift on top os this so- called suitable subsoil. This is not acceptable. This was some of our most beautiful and best farmland and we are not accepting that and they can't just pick and choose which pieces of our property they are going to put back and how. They have a pond in the middle of our prime farmland which is again against all rules and regulations governing prime farmland. Now WFC don't even know that they will Conine the coal under the pond and they want to leave the pond until after bond release. We want the pond out of there. It should of never been permitted. Rules and regulations state specifically that no ponds can be built on prime farmlands, no ditches which they have put many, and we are not going to accept that.,, We begged and begged them not to put the pond from the beginning and the rules state that it even had to have written consent and permission from ALL property owners around us even and they had no rights to do that. The ripping of the rocks have brought them to the surface and they are laving the topsoil on the rocks instead of getting rid of all of them . before they are laying the topsoil. This is a violation. Our prime soils had no rocks and in our normal husbandry practices we. rip our soils sometimes 3 0-3 2 inches and now this will not only bring up rocks that were never there beforc but will contaminate our topsoil with this so- called suitable subsoil. This is a violation. Even seeding ,