APPCOR13393

• Permit No: C1994082
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 3/26/1990
• Doc Name: BASELINE OVERBURDEN ASSESSMENT FOR THE YOAST AREA
• From: PEABODY COAL CO
• To: MLRD
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table 2
Parameter, Procedure, and Reference List for
Phase II Sampling at the Yoast Study Area,
Routt County, Colorado
March, 1990
Parameter-Units
Sample preparation
Procedure-Reference
Samples will be dried at less than 35°C and
crushed to pass a 10 mesh sieve (excessive
grinding will be avoided).
Sub sampling less than 2 mm fraction
Preparation of saturation extract
and saturation percentage determination
pH (determination using saturated
paste)
Conductivity of saturation extract
in mmhos/cm at 25°C
Nitrate-Nitrogen in the saturation
extract in ppm
Hot water soluble boron in ppm
Particle size analysis in 45 sand,
silt and clay
Textural classification
Total sulfur in @
Sulfur fractionation in 4
(determined when ABP is less
than 0)
Neutralization potential in tons
CaC03 per 1,000 tons of spoil
Acid base potential (ABP)
in tons CaC03 per 1,000 tons of spoil
Manganese in ppm
Iron in ppm
U.S. Salinity Lab (1969), Method 1, p. 83-84.
Rhoades (1982), Method 10-2.3.1.
U. S. Salinity Lab (1969), Method 21a, p. 102.
Rhoades (1982), Method 10-3.3.
Rhoades (1982), Method 10-3.6.
Bingham (1982), Method 25-9.1. 20 mesh sieve.
Cee and Bauder (1986), Method 15-5.
USDA (1951), p. 209.
Sobek et al. (1978), p. 51 -55. 60 mesh sieve.
ASTM (1980), 60 mesh sieve.
U.S. Salinity Lab (1969), Method 23C, p. 105.
60 mesh sieve.
Smith et al. (1974), p. 48-49. 60 mesh sieve.
Cambrell and Patrick (1982), Method 18-3.4.
Olson and Ellis (1982), Method 17-4.3.
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