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Permit No. C-1981-008 Bond Release Application SL-12 May 31, 2011 pasture reclaimed area and reference areas. The following comments address the numerical sequence from the Division's May 16 letter. The source of water for both the reclaimed area and the reference area was from the CCC ditch. Response accepted. The Division asked what date water was released in the reference area and the date water was released in the reclaimed area. The May 23 response gives the dates water was released and ceased in 2007 and 2008 from the CCC ditch, but the dates the water was released and ceased on the reclaimed area and the reference area is not provided. The permit requires WFC to apply the water to the reclaimed area and the reference area at the same time. The irrigation application rate for the reference area and the reclaimed area were provided, however they were provided in different units for each area. Ten shares of water were used to flood irrigate the reference area as approved in the permit. According to the permit this rate equals 1.64 shares per acre. For the reclaimed irrigated pasture, the rate of irrigation reported in the amended SL-12 application was 2.5 ac-ft/acre in 2007 and 2.4 ac-ft/acre in 2008. The same irrigation unit rates for both the reference area and for the reclaimed area are needed so the rates can be compared. 4. Based on the narrative in the May 23, 2011 submittal, it seems the reclaimed area and the reference area were managed solely for livestock grazing. If this is indeed the case the following conditions apply from the approved permit for livestock grazing (page 2.05.4(2)(e)-19D). Livestock grazing. "The reference area will be grazed by cows in late June, after any vegetation studies are completed. The livestock will be removed by the end of June, and the reference area will not be further grazed by livestock during the growing season. The reclaimed area will be hayed in late June after any vegetation studies are completed. Winter grazing by cows, deer and elk occur on all areas." In the amended application, the first sentence of the section Grazing During 2007 and 2008 Study Years is not clear. The sentence says, "Beginning in 2007, the contract farmer grazed both the reclamation areas and the reference area to stubble each year, unless instructed not to." Please explain why the clause, 'unless instructed not to' is included. Based on the subsequent narrative the reclaimed area was grazed by roughly 35 head of cattle on the irrigated pasture north of 5th Road and south of BB Road. The reclaimed pasture is larger than the Phase III requested parcels. The acreage for the entire pasture is needed so that the average number of animals per acre can be calculated. The amended narrative claims both the reclaimed and reference areas were grazed to a stubble. The term stubble is open to interpretation, please describe the term as it is used in the amended appiication.