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~~ ~ • -9- EXHIBIT I (1 of 3) <br />i <br />TOPSOILING: <br />In the general area of the mining operation, soil may <br />be described as being of the Rim-Stoneham-Larimer loam type, <br />with emphasis on the Larimer loam type in the area most <br />nearly adjacent to the proposed mining operation. The soil <br />survey of Riowa County, Colorado, prepared by the United <br />States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, <br />in cooperation with Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station <br />states: <br />Typically, the Larimer soil has a layer of <br />grayish brown loam about 3 inches thick. The <br />subsoil extends to a depth of S inches. It <br />is dark yellowish brown loam. The <br />substratum, to a depth of 2B 'inches, is pale <br />brown sandy clay loam. Below this, to a <br />depth of 60 inches or more, is brownish <br />yellow very gravelly loamy sand. The soil is <br />calcareous below a depth of about 9 inches. <br />In the particular area where mining operations are to be <br />conducted, sand and gravel conditions extend to the surface <br />so that all materials from the surface downward are <br />appropriate for removal. Therefore, as stated in the mining <br />pl<3n, removal of mined substances shall begin at the <br />surface. Upon completion of mining operations there will be <br />no top soil to be replaced. However, there will be very <br />little difference between soil conditions as presently <br />existing and as they will exist upon completion of <br />operations. <br />REVEGETATION: <br />• The native plants are composed primarily of grasses <br />su<:h as blue grama and western wheatgrass and are accustomed <br />to the sandy conditions which will exist upon completion of <br />operations and should be able to adapt to such conditions <br />without special efforts. This is evidenced by the fact of <br />vo:Luntary reestablishment in adjacent areas which were mined <br />prior to the requirement of obtaining a permit for such <br />operations. <br />In the event the <br />conditions existing <br />soil conditions wil <br />^obtained from cattl <br />appropriate substances. <br />7 <br />~(~ ~ 5 <br />5 ~ ~~ `~~ <br />2' / <br />C~. ~~~ <br />mined area cannot be revegetated under <br />upon completion of mining operations, <br />1 be augmented or amended with manure <br />e feeding operations or with other ,/ <br />. ~~'~f <br />~ ~~ <br />,~~„~. <br />r, Gl .~J <br />1 _4i; ';C <br />