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• <br />soils <br />Soil surve;~s of the area lave been conducted by the :;. 5. Department of <br />Agriculture, Energy Fuels, and other organizations. Energy Fuels will use <br />the i:yoming Department of Environmental duality wuidelines and those of the <br />!1ontana Departfien_ of State Lands to claSSif}• topsoil. <br />Energ'y' Fuels will remove topsail appro>:imately h nonths in advance of .,.fining. <br />In 1980, aporo::imately 1.; e,illion cubic }•ards of topsoil •: ill be removed from <br />the mines and stockpiled in the Eckman Par}: area. The compan.: plans [o renove <br />[he subhbrizons of several soil series with [Lc A horizon. QSt1 has deter-fined <br />[hat these subsoils are saleable as plant-grow _h nedit and will supplcmt•n[ tine <br />topsoil. From 1981 to 1980, most topsoil '~i11 be rcapplic-d immedir,tel~• a`;er <br />r_moval onto regraded spoil. <br />The company ::,'_1 p:u[ec[ .,000Yi'.iles :rum wine! an ~ uaCer erasion by r..uichinl; <br />with sterile cereal gains cr with fertile cereal ~~rains tl•~at will he <br />harvested b~•`ore they go to seed. The cor.,pnne wi!i also p=ace dr.aina;e <br />ditches around the piles to prevent erosion. ~e`ore. reap;l}'in}; topscil and <br />subsoil, Energ: Fuels will grade the spoil along ilie contour and then <br />redistribute soils' wi_h scrapers. Total soil c;cptl~ after redistri'oution will <br />be appro::ima[el;~ = :vet. Follpr•ing topsoil replace mer,t, Energ}' Fuels will <br />sample and [es[ the soil for nutrients to insure successful re vegetation and <br />achievement of postc:ning land use. <br />Long-Germ environmc n.al impacts will includr di=r option o_` soil horis on s, a. <br />loss of soils from a temporary increase in eCOSlnn, and altered productive <br />capabilities of the replaced soil. Soil/plant connunit_es will eventually be <br />re-established, althouch unique relationships n` present communities may not <br />reoccur. ?f the company adheres to its proposed p'_an, ecological disturbance <br />o:ill be minimized. <br />Land Use <br />Successful reclamc_ion will enable re-estahiish-gent of prei~inino land uses <br />of rangeland (including wildlife habitat), pastureland, and cropland (no prim <br />farmland c;;ists). E;mrg}~ Fuels plans [o re-estabi:sh prer.,ining land use Deer <br />the entire permit area. Changes in micro-or~anisn composition will occur, <br />which ma }• result in reduced specie populations. Lang-teem im;acts will <br />include [he loss n` ea:ne •.:iidlife habitat. Thc• lnr r. of the elli ca7vin:{ .{rn~.i nd <br />on the permit area is a sitnifiuint impact in t~•rms. ,~` local Lind use but an <br />ins gniEfc.au[ impact in terns of regional !and u~~. US'9 is s_lpula[ine, thaC <br />Ener};y Fuels must submit n statement of surface ~~:ner concurrence ':itn [he <br />proposed po:;tmir,inp; land use. <br /> <br />