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§2.04 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR SURFACE OR UNDERGROUND MINING <br />ACTIVITIES --MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION ON <br />ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES. <br />2.04.9 Soils Resource Information. <br />(1) In general, the soils within the permit area are deep, well drained, and <br />vary widely in slope. Permeability values are low, thus encouraging <br />surface runoff; as a result, the water erosion hazard is often high. <br />Generally available water capacities are high, reflecting the potential of <br />these soils to store water for plant use. Topsoil layers are shallow, <br />ranging from about two to eight inches; surface textures are generally <br />loams or clay loams which subsoils range from clay to loams to clays. <br />Basaltic cobbles and stones are common throughout the profiles of <br />most soils. Refer to Map 3 for delineations of the soils within the <br />loadout and stockpile areas. <br />Earthwork development began at the loadout area during 1976. At that <br />time no regulation governing the removal, stockpiling and replacement <br />of topsoil was in effect. Therefore no topsoil was salvaged. <br />(1)(a) Description, sampling and analysis of soil horizons in sufficient detail to <br />determine the horizons suitable for salvage. <br />The area disturbed by the surface operation is located in five maps <br />units. They are 1) 3-Agua Fria stony loam, 3 to 12 percent slopes, 2) <br />27-Colona silty clay loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, 3) 35-Fluvaquents, <br />flooded, 4) 42-Glenton fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes; and 5) <br />80-Utaline-Torriorthents complex. A description of the map units, <br />obtained from The Soil Survey of Paonia Area, published by the Soil <br />Conservation Service, follows: <br />i• <br />TR-20 <br />2.04 - 19 <br />3/01 <br />