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Soil Quality and Revegetation <br />Including the sample analyses presented in the original application . <br />(Table 3.8.1-1) and the analyses subsequently done at the request of <br />the division (Table 3.8.1-2), a total of 27 samples were analyzed from <br />3 depths at each of 9 locations at the mine site. <br />The analyses of all samples reveal no apparent characteristics of the <br />disturbed surface media which would seem to preclude revegetation. A <br />minor exception should be noted for the 0 - 10" sample at location 9, <br />which has a slightly elevated conductivity and SAR. <br />Most, if not all, species proposed for reclamation of this area will <br />tolerate a conductivity of 6 mmhos/cm. <br />It should be noted that no attempt was made in collecting these <br />samples to pick "favorable" sites in order to bias the analytical <br />• results. On the contrary, the samples analyzed represent by far the <br />"worst case" disturbances at the mine area. Snowmass Goal is con- <br />fident that revegation of the mine area is feasible without the bene- <br />fit of imported "topsoil." <br />• <br />3-108 <br />