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T 7 • Page 2 Mr. David Shelton, Director Mined Land Reclamation January 19, 1981 and which shows the general vicinity and surface water sys- tems and drainages near the Fruita mines. 3. Exhibit 2, attached, is entitled "Fruita Mines: Plot Plan and Topo" and which shows the topographic features and surface facilities in, adjacent and near to the Fruita mines. The map scale is 1" = 200'. 4. Exhibit 3, attached, is entitled "Soils Map" which shows the mapping of soils in the Fruita mines vicinity. This map was prepared by Dir. Dan Champion, a certified soils scientist, who is employed by the U.S. Department of Agri- culture, Agriculture Research Service, in Grand Junction, Colorado. 5. Exhibit 4, attached, is entitled "The Fruita Mine - Vegetation Map" and which shows the mapping of vege- tation types in, adjacent, or near to the Fruita mines. 6. Exhibit 5, attached, is a letter dated Septem- ber 19, 1980 addressed to DCC from Emery Johnson, District Conservationist and Clayton Spears, Soils Scientist of the Soil Conservation Service, Grand Junction, Colorado. Attached to this letter is a soils map and applicable soils descrip- tions from the official SCS soil survey. This Exhibit des- cribes the soil types and notes that there are no alluvial soils within this tract and the exposed bedrock is a mixture of sandstone and shale. 7. Exhibit 6, attached, is a letter, dated Septem- ber 23, 1980, addressed to DCC from John G. Kennan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Superintendent of Colorado State University's Western Colorado Agricultural Research Center in Grand Junction. This Exhibit describes the lack of historic and potential use of the lands in, adjacent and near the Fruita mines for agricultural crop lands. In addition, this letter notes that there is no water supply which can be de- veloped to irrigate the site nor is there any natural sub- irrigation present. 8. Exhibit 7, attached, is a letter dated Septem- ber 24, 1980 addressed to DCC from Robert A. Madsen, Area Extension Director of Colorado State University's Tri-River Area Cooperative Extension Service in Grand Junction, Colo- rado. This Exhibit also describes the lack of historic and potential use of these lands for agricultural crop lands.