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Corey Heaps <br />CAM Colorado LLC <br />June 21, 2011 Page 30 <br />2.04 -37; the annual water depletion estimate has been changed to 9.3 acre -feet per year. <br />This decrease is due to the new sedimentation control plan requiring only two sediment <br />ponds instead of five. <br />Division Response: Response accepted. <br />Rule 2.04.12 Prime Farmland Investi ag_ tion <br />42. The applicant indicates in the narrative of Section 2.04.12 that, based on independent <br />investigation and determination by the applicant, the lands to be disturbed within the permit <br />area are not prime farmland, because the land has not been historically used as cropland. <br />This may be the case, but documentation based on Mesa County records, NRCS documents <br />and historic photos, etc., would need to be provided. Based on site observations and <br />information presented in the application, as well as review of the USDA Web Soil Survey <br />Soil Map for the project area, the Division concurs that there appears to be no prime <br />farmland in the area proposed to be disturbed by surface operations or facilities. The areas <br />previously disturbed by industrial activity are not prime farmland, and the soil map units <br />within the area of proposed disturbance on the USDA Web Soil Survey (Skumpah silt <br />loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, Sagers silty clay loam, saline, 0 to 2 percent slopes, Cojam <br />loam, 0 to 2% slopes, and Ustifluvents, 0 to 2 percent slopes) are not prime farmland. We <br />request confirmation in the form of a letter from the Grand Junction NRCS office stating <br />that lands within the permit area or proposed disturbance area do not qualify as prime <br />farmland, based on one or more of the criteria listed in 2.04.12, should be requested and <br />included in the permit application, to provide definitive documentation. Please provide <br />necessary documentation for inclusion in the application. <br />CAM Response: Please see attached letter from the NRCS confirming the permit area does <br />not qualify as Prime Farmland. The letter will be placed in Appendix 8 — Letters. <br />Division Response: Response accepted. <br />Rule 2.05.2 Operation Plan -- Operation Description <br />43. Please change the word "aerial" to "areal" in Section 2.05.2(2), page 2.05 -1 and in the <br />Clean Coal Storage Pile paragraph on page 2.05 -6. <br />CAM Response: See revised pages 2.05 -1 and 2.05 -6. <br />Division Response: Response accepted. <br />Rule 2.05.3 Operation Plan — Permit Area <br />44. Page 2.05 -3 — the section title, "2.05.3 Operation Plan — Permit Area" is missing from this <br />page. <br />