2013-10-02_PERMIT FILE - C1981019A ‎(3)‎

• Permit No: C1981019A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 10/2/2013
• Section_Exhibit Name: Rule 2 Permits -ST
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

RULE 2 PERMITS
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• NRCS soils map information
and is presented on Map SA,
provided in Exhibit 9, Item 5.
map symbol identifications.
2.04.9-4.
within the South Taylor/Lower Wilson permit revision area was reviewed
Order III Soils. NRCS soil map units were identified in the azea and aze
The information provides antiquated series names and updated NRCS field
Present and potential productivity of the soil units are provided in Table
Generally, the map unit boundaries from the unpublished NRCS soils maps for Moffat County match
with those for the Rio Blanco County soils maps. To the west of the existing permit area, the mapping
unit boundaries from the two soil surveys match at the county line. However, the soil map unit names are
different for each county. These differences are the result of changes in the NRCS soil classification
system from 1982 (when the Rio Blanco survey was published) to 1998 when the Moffat County maps
were made available to the public.
Order II Soil Survey - Sout/i Taylor Mining Area
This section presents data assembled, collected, and analyzed specifically for the South Taylor mining
area.
General Soils Resource Information -The identification and proper management of soil resources in
the mining azea is essential for the success of reclamation of any future disturbed areas and the
achievement of the post-mining land use. The objective of this section is to meet the requirements of
Rule 2,04.9 et seq. by furnishing soils information for the mining azea in sufficient detail to determine the
following:
• 1) General distribution, properties and present and potential productivity of soils within the South
Taylor/Lower Wilson affected areas;
2) Distribution, suitability, and average salvage depths of soils within the disturbed azea associated
with the South Taylor mining area; and,
3) Quantity of salvageable suitable soil material for use in the reclamation of the disturbed azea
associated with the South Taylor mining area.
Detailed Soils Resource Information -The site-specific soils resource information described below
pertains to the proposed disturbed area associated with the South Taylor mining azea shown on Map SB.
Detailed soils information was collected to determine the spatial distribution, suitability, salvage depths
and volume of soils available within the disturbed area associated with the South Taylor mining area. In
addition, the mass balance in salvageable soil materials were calculated to assure an adequate supply of
suitable soil would be available for reclamation of the surface disturbance associated with the South
Taylor mining area. The results of the mass balance analysis are presented in Table 2.04.9-7, Topsoil
Mass $alance -South Taylor Mine Area.
A previous soils inventory which encompassed the majority of the disturbed area associated with the
South Taylor mining area was performed by Consolidation Coal Company (CCC, 1984). The CCC soil
inventory report includes soil series and map unit descriptions, soil map unit boundary delineations,
physicochemical properties, and recommended soil salvage depths within the South Taylor mining azea,
with the exception of the southern portions of T3N, R93W Section 16 and 17. A copy of the Soil
Inventory Danforth Hills Project Rio Blanco & Moffat Counties is included in Volume 13, Exhibit 9, Item
7. Soils information presented in the existing permit document were used for the portions of T3N, R93 W
• Section 16 and 17 that were not included in the CCC report.
South Taylor/Lower Wilson -Rule 2, Page 50 Revision Date: 4/4/07
Revision No.: PR-02