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<br />11n exhaustive review of the filr_s of Energy Fuels <br />Corporation reveals that no additional requirements other <br />than those described above were imposed at the lime the <br />original permit was granted. ~. <br />No site specific bacY.ground data was taken on this site <br />prior to disturbince.. Iloc~~evez•, the soils information <br />submitted with the original application and subsequent soils <br />and vegetation surveys conducted by the Soil Conservatic~ <br />Service in connection with later permit applications inc_cate <br />t}iat the area under question was found to have the follc•.:in; <br />soil series and range sites: <br />t7ap Symbols Soil Series.. Range Site <br />-0E ~bor Silty Clay ZaaID Llaypan <br />115E ~plitro Loma Mountain Lean <br />3C Absher Very Fine Sandy Z,oam Salt Flats <br />10C Buckley Silty Clay Loam Deep Clay Loa- <br />No specific comparisons were made concerning conditions <br />prior to mining and those present follo:aing reclamation <br />since t}~e edaphic regime has been totally rearranged, bL= <br />certain general cor.;parisons 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 the <br />1/4 corner of Sections 1 and 2. t9ining progressed from ~he <br />coal outcrop downhill.in a westerly direction to a point <br />where the coal became too deep to economically strip, t!:_n <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 />' 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 :.:er <br />.> <br />