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<br />Exhibit I <br />Soils Information <br />~i <br />Information for the soils on the project site was obtained from the NRCS. <br />In general, the overburden soils at the project site consist of a 10 to I S foot layer of silty clay loam, with a <br />low permeability rate. Salts in the soils moderately to severely affect plant adaptation, growth, and water <br />availability. The NRCS rates the soils as Class Vlll -Not suitable for cultivation, range, pasture or <br />woodland. <br />Below the overburden silty, clay loam soil is a 10-ft to 20-ft lens of sand ,gravel and cobble material. This <br />is the material that will be extracted and processed. in general, the upper portion of this lens contains more <br />fine-grained sand and gravel material. Cobbles within the lens are anticipated to range in size upto sixteen <br />inches in diameter. <br />Below the sand and gravel lens is a weathered silty clay Mancos Shale, which is considered to be bedrock <br />in this portion of Mesa County. Mancos Shale is a dark gray to gray block, thin-bedded to laminated shale <br />with interbeds of siltstone and sandstone. <br />A soils map and description of soils provided by the NRCS are attached. <br />