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• Section_Exhibit Name: NH1 TAB 9 ATTACHMENT 9-4 SOIL SURVEY - SCRAPER PITS
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• Table 9-4-1
Parameter, Procedure and Reference List for Soil Survey at
the Nucla hiirie Scraper Pits
November, 1986
Parameter Procedure
Sample Preparation Samples were dried at 30-35°C. Samples
were crushed to pass a 10-mesh sieve
(excessive grinding was avoided).
Subsampling less than USDA Handbook 60, 1969 - Diagnosis and
2 mm fraction Improvement of Saline and Alkali Soils, Method
1, PP. 83-84. _-_
Coarse Fragment USUA Handbook 436, App. I, pg. 472; Soil
Survey Laboratory Methods R Procedures for
Collecting Soil Samples, pgs. 9 and 12-13.
Preparation of saturated USDA Handbook 60, Methods 2 and 3a, pp. 84 and
paste extract and saturation 88, and Method 27b, p. 107. 10-mesh sieve.
• percentage determination
pH (determination using USDA Handbook 60, Method 21a, p. 102.
saturated paste) 10-mesh sieve.
Conductivity of saturation Sandoval and Power, U.S.D.A. Handbook 525,
extract in mmhos/cin 1977, Laboratory Methods Recommended for
at 25°C. Chemical Analysis of Mined Land Spots and
Overburden in Western United States, Method 1,
pp. 22-24. 10-mesh sieve.
Particle-size Analysis Hydrometer Method. ASA Mono. No. 9, pt.l,
method 43-5, pp. 562-566. An eight hour
settling time utilized for clay. Sieve Analysis
for vfs (140-270) mesh. ASA Muno. iJo. 9, Part
1, pp. 554-556. Black, 1965 and 1982.
Texture USDA Handbook 18, pgs. 205-223.
Soluble Ca, Mg, Na, HC03 Extraction of Ca, Mg, Na, HC03 and SO by USDA
and S04 Handbook 60, method (3a), pg. 84. Analysis by
atomic adsorption spectrophotoinetry.
Sodium-adsorption ratio USDA Handbook 60, pg. 26.
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