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site exhibits a silty loam and silty clay loam texture. The soil exhibits an'A'horizon depth of about 1.5 to <br /> 2.5 inches,with a combined'N and'B'horizon depth of about 22 to 38 inches. The soil is typically underlain <br /> by sandstone. <br /> The Persayo soil is a silty clay loam. The Persayo soils located at the Bowie No.2 site exhibit an'A'horizon <br /> of about 1.5 inches deep,with a combined 'A' and W horizon depth of about 18 to 20 inches. The soil is <br /> typically underlain by the Mancos Shale. <br /> The Torriorthents soil tends to be associated with rock outcrop areas,and the observed texture is silty loam. <br /> The site soils exhibit 'A' horizon depths of about 1.5 inches. The typical combined 'A' and 'B' horizon <br /> depths range from about 6 to 7 inches. <br /> The operations approved in Permit Revision No. 3 disturbed an additional 11.0 acres,one area located <br /> south of Old Highway 133 and the other area located just east of the present mine entrance. Both areas <br /> appear to be previously disturbed. The soils present in these disturbed areas are similar to the"Meadow" <br /> soil found in other areas of the mine site, as depicted on Map No. 4, "Soils". <br /> The soil that was disturbed in the construction of the Freeman Gulch vent shaft,through Technical <br /> Revision No. 12,is classified as a Fughes Loam. <br /> The operations approved in Permit Revision No. 6 disturbed soils that are primarily Progresso Loam and <br /> Potts Loam. Bowie Resources Limited requested a variance from topsoil salvaging beneath the cover fill <br /> stockpile at the train loadout area. Pursuant to Rule 4.06.2(a),the Division can approve a variance for <br /> good cause shown. In this case,BRL planned on salvaging the top two to three inches of topsoil and then <br /> placing geotextile fabric on the coverfill area. Removal of the entire topsoil horizon would have resulted <br /> in needless damage to the soil characteristics. BRL committed to taking measures to protect the topsoil <br /> resource. However, all of the cut material was used in the fill so no excess coverfill material resulted <br /> from the construction of the train loadout. Therefore,no variance from topsoil salvaging was needed. <br /> The construction of the B-seam portal bench and the associated excavated soil storage area,approved <br /> through PR-07,disturbed soils that are classified as the Absarokee loam series(Beenon-Absarokee <br /> Association). <br /> Vegetation Information <br /> Detailed vegetation information for the Bowie No.2 permit area is presented in Section 2.04.10 of the PAP. <br /> The following summary is derived from the information presented in Section 2.04.10 of the permit <br /> document. <br /> Three plant communities are present within the main surface operations, facilities and surrounding areas. <br /> These communities are referred to as the Juniper Woodland, Mixed Shrub and Disturbed Meadow <br /> communities. <br /> The Juniper Woodland community exhibits such plant species as Snowberry,Gambel oak and Serviceberry. <br /> The Mixed Shrub community exhibits plant species such as Gamble Oak and Serviceberry. The Meadow <br /> community is dominated by annual and noxious plant species, such as bindweed, cheatgrass and Japanese <br /> brome. Alfalfa and Kentucky Bluegrass are also present. <br /> An area of approximately 0.31 acres is identified as wetland. This area will be disturbed, and this activity <br /> will be conducted in compliance with a permit issued by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The <br /> 8 <br />