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13. Soil Survey - 1988 (PR -02) <br />This was the original soil survey done for the original mine permit area under Peabody Coal <br />Company. The area of the survey is shown on Map 2.04.9 -1. It is noted here that The 1988 survey <br />consisted of the original permit area and a large area to the west. It also included an area on the <br />Morgan property west of 2768 Road and south of the em i ent portioti of the Morgan ptoperty that <br />V s in the permit mea. It is not known why this area was surveyed at that time, but piestirmably, it was <br />tinder consodeiation that this mea cou'd later beeome pait of the permit. No soil sarnples were <br />taken in this aiea6 The ent'ie 1988 survey botindary is included on Map 2.64.9-1. There are no <br />known data sheets for the 1988 survey. I lowever, the survey on the Motgan property is valtiable <br />since it shows that the Darvey-Barx so'! (98E) continties to the south of the 1998 survey wea, <br />which does not cover 11.6 acres of the permit area on the MoIgan ptopeity. The 1988 survey <br />confii rrs that this soffil is 98E, which is pi di ne fat . Only soil mapping data is available. <br />14. Soil Survey - 1996 (PR -04) <br />As the mine expanded to the west, an additional survey was conducted on the area immediately <br />east of 2700 Road and south of BB Road. The soil survey covered 105.8 acres, including the 100.7 <br />acres added to the permit area as part of PR -04 <br />15. Soil Survey - 1998 (PR -05) <br />This survey covered the amendment area west of 2700 Road, and the area north of BB Road and <br />east of 2700 Road. See Map 2.04.9 -1 for the actual area. The soil test location descriptions are <br />typical and consistent for soil in the area. The Order I survey is a refinement of the "not yet <br />published" Order III soil survey that the NRCS has conducted in the area. Detailed map unit <br />descriptions can be found in Attachment 2.04.9 -9, Soil Map Unit Descriptions. <br />The 1998 soil survev did not proceed far enouah south on the Moraan Prooertv within the permit. <br />However 1988 soil mapping data is available to confirm soils. The small (11.9 acres) area between <br />August 2013 (PR 08) 2.04.9 -27 <br />