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2.04.9 Soil Resource Information <br />• Soils found in the permit area are delineated on the Soils Map (Map 3). <br />Site specific soil work has been completed by the United States <br />Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service ("SCS"), on the <br />permit and adjacent area. The mapping intensity utilized by the SCS was <br />the Order 2 sampling intensity. <br />TCC plans only to disturb that small area required by the facilities. <br />During the summer of 1982, two soil samples were taken from the topsoil <br />of the facilities area. These soil samples were visually logged in the <br />field. The samples were saved and tested by Bookcliffs Commercial <br />Laboratories in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, for chemical and physical <br />analysis. The holes sampled in the summer of 1982 were also used to <br />determine soil thicknesses. Two additional soil samples were taken in <br />March of 1983 in the area to be utilized for the haulage road. These <br />samples were visually logged in the field. The samples have been sent <br />• for testing to Bookcliffs Commercial Laboratories in Steamboat Springs, <br />Colorado for physical and chemical analysis. The chemical and physical <br />parameters of the soil material at the facilities area are shown in <br />Exhibit 7, Soils Information. Locations of the soil sample locations <br />are shown on the Soils Map (Map 3). The soil mapping units which are <br />present in the permit area consist of number 62, Progresso Loam, which <br />is found on slopes of 6 to 12% and Number 74, Torriorthents-Haplargids. <br />The SCS soil series description is found in Exhibit 7, Soils <br />Information. Review of the soils analyses indicates that no problems <br />are expected with use of this soil material during reclamation <br />activities. The soil samples which have been taken at the site indicate <br />that approximately 12 inches of topsoil material is available for <br />salvaging over the facilities area and approximately six to eight inches <br />in the haul road area. Details of the topsoil handling plan are set <br />forth in Section 2.05.3 of this application. <br />No overburden materials will be substituted for topsoil nor will topsoil <br />. be supplemented with such materials. All existing areas within the <br />permit area requiring topsoil removal have adequate topsoil to comply <br />with the reclamation requirements. <br />2.04-13 <br />