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Mike Long <br />Page 6 <br />A discussion of organic content of the topsoil <br />will be added to the soil information presented <br />in the text of the permit application. You <br />may recall we discussed the reported values <br />of high organic matter relative to conducting <br />sampling relatively close to the coal outcrops. <br />It does not pose any problems relative to <br />contamination of topsoil during the removal <br />process except in those minor instances where <br />topsoil is on the outcrop. <br />4. The discussion centered around a description <br />of productivity correlated to soil type. <br />Productivity figures are present in 2.04.3 of <br />the permit application. Range site descriptions <br />prepared by the U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation <br />Service (S.C.S.) are formulated in conjunction <br />with soil capabilities as relates to vegetation. <br />I contacted the S.C.S. in order to obtain a <br />range site description for the Chimney Rock <br />Mine site area. Upon receipt the appropriate <br />information will be incorporated into the <br />soils portion of the permit application. <br />Section 2,04.10 Vegetation Information <br />In accordance with our discussion, the location <br />of the barren ridge reference area is not <br />required. <br />2. The riparian vegetative community will be <br />added to the vegetation map. <br />3. As described in Exhibit 31 the predominant <br />vegetation type is Gambels Oak. The influence <br />of men withstanding the vegetative communities <br />typical of the area are most probably in a <br />tertiary successional state. As Gambels Oak <br />proliferates, it increases the competitive <br />interaction between itself and other woody <br />species. In time Gambels Oak becomes the <br />dominant species. <br />~-~• <br />