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• <br />• <br />onto the Mancos Shale located in the Axial Basin to the north. The incision is also widening due to the <br />downcutting and erosion of the supporting banks during periods of higher flow (normally occurring <br />during the spring). With the low surface water flow rates and the reduced flood frequency, this has <br />reduced the ability of the valley bottoms to support any agricultural use other than rangeland. <br />Local and regional agricultural economics are prohibitive to developing irrigation projects within these <br />valley bottoms, and such practices are in decline locally, especially on such a small scale as would be <br />required by the narrow and fragmented nature of irrigable bottomlands within the subject drainages. <br />The narrow width and fragmented nature of the minimal flat land, depth to ground water, and <br />impracticality of economically irrigating or mechanically farming the valley bottoms within Collom <br />Gulch indicate that those drainages do not qualify as alluvial valley floors. <br />2.06.9 — 2.06.11 Augering, Processing Plants, In -Situ Processing <br />See Volume 1 for these three sections. <br />2.06.12.1 Coal Refuse Piles <br />Coal refuse piles do not exist on the Colowyo property. Thus, this section is not applicable. <br />2.07 — 2.10 VARIOUS <br />Information required by these sections is included in Volume 1, in other sections of this application, in the <br />cover letter or is not applicable to this proposed mine. Colowyo understands the permitting process <br />employed by the CDRMS and will facilitate that process as requested. <br />Collom — Rule 2, Page 146 <br />RULE 2 PERMITS <br />Revision Date: 8/5/11 <br />Revision No.: PR -03 <br />