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The salt accumulation rate to the top one foot of soil will be approximately 0.2% per year at the <br /> 500,000 gpd application rate. <br /> 6. The goal of the irrigation project is to develop soil conditions and plants which are able to <br /> beneficially use the water produced by the olive operations. The following crops and plants are <br /> considered for cultivation. <br /> Field Crops Vegetable Crops Forage Crops <br /> Barley Beets Tall sheat grass <br /> Cotton Broccoli Wheat Grass <br /> Sugar beets Tomatoes Bermudagrass <br /> Wheat Cantalopes Barley hay <br /> Safflower Cucumbers Ryegrass <br /> Soybeans Spinach Birdsfoot trefoil <br /> Rice Cabbage Tall fescue <br /> Sesbania Potatoes Crested wheat grass <br /> Com Sweet Com Vetch <br /> Flax Sudan Grass <br /> Big Tregoil <br /> Alfalfa <br /> 7. To increase the organic content, absorption rate, and holding capacity of the existing clayey soils, <br /> Musco proposes to incorporate mulch that is delivered to the site from off-site composting facilities. <br /> The following mulch yard operations are proposed: <br /> a. All mulch will be stored in piles from 5 to 10 feet high. <br /> b. The moisture content of the storage piles will not exceed 60% of the holding capacity. <br /> c. The temperature of the storage piles will not exceed 160° F for the duration of the storage. <br /> d. Mulch will be stored as long as necessary. <br /> e. The piles will be periodically checked for aerobic conditions. Piles will be turned as often as <br /> necessary to maintain aerobic conditions. <br /> f. If water is necessary to control temperature or aerobic conditions, the contractor will add water <br /> in that amount. The factory irrigation water may be used for that purpose. <br /> g. The mulch will be added to the soil on a daily basis, weather permitting. If the weather <br /> precludes mulch addition, then the mulch will be stockpiled on-site in a manner which <br /> prevents nuisance conditions from developing and which does not allow for temperatures to <br /> increase excessively in the stockpile. <br /> 3.3 MONITORING <br /> 1. The operator will monitor surface water runoff and take soil samples to analyze buildup of <br /> constituents in the soil over time. Surface water runoff from the upper(southwestern) parcel goes <br /> under culverts in the railroad embankments. It then commingles with the lower(northeastern) <br /> parcel surface water runoff. This water combines into one stream channel which passes <br /> diagonally through the lower site and exits the facility and flows under Highway 580 near the <br /> lined ponds into an unnamed, dry creek bed. <br /> -5- <br />