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<br />An exhaustive review of the files of Energy Fuels <br />Corporation reveals that no additional requirements other <br />than those described above were imposed at the time the <br />original permit was granted. ~. <br />No site specific background data was taken on this site <br />prior to disturbance. 11oc•~ever, the soils information <br />submitted with the original application and subsequent soils <br />and vegetation surveys conducted by the Soil Con:,ervatic^ <br />Service in connection with later permit applications inc_cate <br />that the area under question was found to have the follc'.:in; <br />soil series and range sites: <br />flap Symbols <br />4 }; <br />46E <br />5C <br />lOC <br />Soil Series <br />Range Site <br />Abor Silty Clay Loam Claypan <br />Splitro Loam Mountain Loam <br />Absher Very Fine Sandy Loam Salt Flats <br />Buckley Silty Clay Loam Deep Clay Loa- <br />No specific comparisons were made concerning conditions <br />prior to mining and those present following reclamation <br />since the edaphic regime has been totally rearranged, but <br />certain general comparisons can be made. The prime vege~al <br />characteristics on this site in their natural state are <br />approximate ground cover and total annual production. <br />Reclamation Procedures <br />Mining commenced in August of 1974 using crawler <br />tractors with rippers and push scrapers to remove the <br />overburden. The uncovered coal was then drilled, blaster <br />and hauled to the tipple site. All available topsoil was <br />stripped prior to any mining-related disturbances. <br />1. Spoil Replacement and Grading <br />Mining commenced at a point slightly west of t'~e <br />1/4 corner of Sections 1 and 2, t4ining progressed from the <br />coal outcrop downhill. in a westerly direction to a point <br />where the coal became too deep to economically strip, t~:en <br />proceeded in an easterly direction along the ridge into <br />Section 2. Spoil created from the initial cut was deposited <br />into spoil areas; one directly north.of the initial cut and <br />one located south of the cut. <br />.> <br />From August, 1974 until February, 1975, Energy <br />-Fuels hired a contractor to remove the overburden and ccal. <br />They cancelled their contract with EFC and pulled their ::en <br />