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3.8.2 Loadout <br />A soils resource inventory was conducted for the land in and around <br />areas developed as a coal Loadout facility by the Snowmass Coal <br />Company. The purpose was to describe soil availability and suitabi- <br />lity for uses necessary for environmental protection in the develop- <br />ment of the Loadout facility. Criteria established in the <br />"Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal <br />Mining" and in Guideline Number 1 of the Wyoming Department of <br />Environmental Quality were considered in the preparation of this <br />report. The basic survey legend included in this section was provided <br />by the Soil Conversation Service, along with technical information <br />from their unpublished soil survey notes. <br />The field survey work and sampling was conducted in June, 1980. Map <br />unit descriptions were verified by observations of test holes and <br />exposed profiles in numerous locations. In several instances, <br />• descriptions have been rewritten from the Soil Conservation Service <br />notes to match more closely the observations of the specific soils of <br />the project area. According to the field observations, map unit boun- <br />daries were drawn on a recent high contrast aerial photograph of <br />1:6,000 scale, Drawing D-4-15. <br />Representative locations were selected for sampling soil in each unit <br />affected by construction of the Loadout facility. lest holes were dug <br />and profile descriptions were verified at each location. Table <br />3.8.2-3 shows these descriptions for each sampling site. A soils <br />legend is given in Table 3.8.2-1. Samples were composited from soil <br />taken in the vicinity of each sampling location. Samples were mixed <br />thoroughly and air dried immediately. Upon drying, samples were each <br />divided into two parcels, one to be sent to the Colorado State <br />University Soils Testing Laboratory in Ft. Collins, and the other to <br />be stored in a sample archive. At the laboratory, the samples were <br />sieved and prepared according to their standard procedures. Results <br />• <br />3-109 <br />