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-3- 5. Please provide the Division with any data for surface or ground water quality which the applicant has acquired since submission of the application. 2.04.8 Climatological Information Are there any climatological data for the Fruita climate station? These data might be more applicable to the situation at the Fruita mine and should be provided. 2.04.9 Soils Resource Information 1. The areas used in the estimation of volume of available topsoil are not clearly delineated on Map No. Ft1-S-1. These areas should be more clearly defined. 2. Some potential problems are indicated by the data given in the topsoil suitability analysis. One horizon (Sample 17) given in Table 2 is unsuitable and several (Samples 8, 13, 14, and 19) are poor sources of topsoil. Please indicate the sources of the presently existing topsoils with respect to location and depth. Future stripping and stockpiling of topsoil should occur in consider- ation of these characteristics. 3. Sample depths should be presented in Table 2. 4. In addition to the parameters supplied the applicant must test these horizons for quantities of selenium because of the presence of the selenium indicator species Stanleya pinnata. 2.04.10 Vegetation Information The vegetation survey provided by Dorchester Coal Company lacks much information needed to review the adequacy. It is advisable that the primary investigator meet with MLRD Staff to discuss the problems associated with the vegetation study. The following is a list of additional requirements which must be submitted by the applicant. 1. Asite-specific vegetation map at a scale no larger than 1 inch = 500 feet showing the locations of the proposed reference areas. 2. Woody plant density must be submitted. for both the reference areas and affected areas. 3. Why were four (4) Pinyon-Juniper woodland reference areas established rather than one encompassing all the physiognomic variations? 4. A table showing the estimated acreage of each vegetation type disturbed and planned to be disturbed by surface operations must be submitted. For the areas already disturbed this should be based on the physiognomy of the disturbed area compared to the surrounding undisturbed area. 5. There is some question of the manner in which sampling adequacy was determined. Using the formula approved by the Division;