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The sideroll irrigation ratio is used on this flood irrigated field in order to ensure that <br />sufficient water is used in reclamation, due to the small field size. WFC will use 2.44 <br />shares of the 12 shares to irrigate this area. The reclaimed area of Irrigated Cropland (IC) <br />is shown on Map 2.05.4 -5. As shown on Map 2.05.4 -5, a 4" to 6" HDPE pipe will be used <br />to carry irrigation water to this area from the main pipe near the southern end of the <br />property. A gated pipeline will run along the uphill edge of the field, similar to the Lloyd and <br />Benson fields. <br />• The portion of prime farmland outside the disturbed area boundary, 0.72 acres, will be left <br />in place and will be adjacent to the reclaimed irrigated cropland. It will receive water from <br />the designated irrigation pipe, but will not be sampled since it is outside the disturbed area. <br />• WFC is reclassifying the rest of this land as Dryland Pasture (DP). This is 95.89 acres - <br />3.96 acres = 91.93 acres . <br />Since this tract did include large portions of irrigated land in the pre -mine condition, WFC plans <br />to restore large portions of the tract so that irrigation could be used in the future if additional water <br />were allocated to the tract. The post -mine topography has been calculated using a detailed <br />balance of the overburden available from the remaining mining, while accounting for the pit void, <br />as well as the large overburden stockpile. These calculations are presented in Section <br />2.05.4(2)(c). Approximately 54 acres of the WFC property in the permit area could be irrigated in <br />the future after bond release if additional water was available and the landowner decided to use <br />it. This is based on the area where slopes are milder than 6H:1 V, as seen on Map 2.05.4 -5. Since <br />water would be brought from the main pipe on the high point of the property, all lower areas can <br />be easily irrigated if WFC or a future landowner decides to make more water available for this <br />area. <br />4) The Morgan property south of BB Road and west of 2700 Road of 107.96 acres that has been <br />designated in the pre -mine discussion (Section 2.04.3) as Irrigated Cropland (IC). As discussed <br />previously, the soils in this area are primarily Barx (98E), therefore, all of the land has been <br />considered prime farmland soils and since the water has been made available for irrigation, all of <br />this tract is considered prime farmland will be restored to Irrigated Cropland (IC). <br />• It has been observed that the Morgan's management style for this field before mining <br />commenced was to flood irrigate the field by gated pipe and furrow strips that ran the <br />(Revised: PR -06) 2.05.4(2)(e) - 10 <br />