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residuum overlying sandstone on hills, ridges, and mountainsides. <br />The soil test pit revealed a very shallow five inch deep stony loam profile <br />underlain by sandstone. Salvage of suitable plant growth material from <br />this soil unit may be problematic, and this unit should not be relied on <br />to provide a dependable quantity of plant growth material for <br />reclamation, if disturbed. <br /> <br />Suitability of Soils for Reclamation <br />Appendix 6 contains the results of soil analysis for the three soil series <br />encountered in the soil resource inventory. Also included in the <br />Appendix is a compilation of soil horizon suitability criteria for <br />reclamation. The following summary table addresses those soil <br />parameters identified in Rule 2.04.9. <br />Soil Parameter H EC SAR Texture <br />Umbarg (range) 6.94- 0.3-0.7 0.5-0.6 Sandy loam- Loam <br />Umbarg (mean) 7.38 0.47 0.53 <br /> <br />Lazear (range) 7.1-7.62 0.3-0.5 0.6-1.2 Clay-Sandy clay <br />Lazear (mean) 7.44 0.4 0.93 <br /> <br />Sanchez 6.56 0.4 0.7 Sandy clay loam <br /> <br />Suspect Levels <5.5 or >g.0 > 16.0 <br />Based on the results of sampling, none of the soil series has limitations <br />for plant growth based on the parameters specified in Rule 2.04.9 and <br />guidelines from five western states. <br />With regard to other parameters evaluated, the following samples <br />exceeded suspect levels for the identified parameters, or were below <br />deficiency levels for nitrogen, phosphorus, or potassium. <br />The Umbarg 2 sample was slightly below the deficiency level for nitrate <br />nitrogen (4.2 ppm with 2% organic matter). This can be corrected with <br />fertilizer or amendments during reclamation. <br />Both Lazear samples revealed deficient levels of phosphorus in sampling <br />(2.5 an 0.6 ppm). As with nitrate-nitrogen this can be corrected with <br />fertilizer or amendments during reclamation. <br />All samples showed iron levels well above suspect levels identified by <br />Munshower as potentially inhibitory to vegetation. As no symptoms of <br />0/O/L//G/M/N/A//~6/N/®/~9/E1/Wl0/W/Lf/M/b'/M/N/4% /P/!O/Y/4/N/b/i/N/O/Y/N/9/!1/9/O/4/4/4/dJ/tl/0iN/N/tl/O/6/Y/%B/ll/4% /tl/4/a/L+/O/tl/O/tl/B'/O/9/tl/O/P/tl/®//O/A+/e <br />National King Coal, LLC King II Mine <br />Section 2.04.9 <br />Page 2 October, 2005 <br />