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NON-CRITICAL GLI!y1[?NTS. The li~llowing non-critical elements were determined to he <br />potentially impacted and were carried forward ti~r• analysis from the ID'1'-ItR(" ut Appendix 1 <br />SOILS (inclndcs a liudutg nn Suu¢L•ud I ) <br />•1l1'ecaed V,nvimnment Soils intimnatiun is tom the Jackson County Soil Survey I he <br />proposed pit location is mapped as being primarily Fleutsch-"I'iagus association, which consists <br />of sandy luamiline sandy loam soils that 1i>nncd in alluvium .4ppn+xintatch 1 : acres m the <br />northwest portion of the. pit arc ntappcd as Hasler sandy loamy, which also limned in ounvash or <br />old ~ravclly alluvium Front tha description, it is more likely that the Hoslrr sandy loam is the <br />predonunanl soil within the boundary Hasler sandy loamy generally only have + inches of an <br />"A"' hariron. which is where mineral soils have incorporated organic material "[his is a shallow <br />laver, underlain by sandy clay barns. with very, gravelly loamy coarse sand within'_ feet of the <br />surtitce Permeability of the undisuuhed soil is ntudi+rate, an<I plant available water is moderate <br />Ihte to flu percentage of"coarse nstlerials on the surlitct:" haiauds al' water and wind erosion arc <br />slight <br />linvironmental (bnsequences Due to the shallow topsail layer, there could be a major <br />direct impact 1u topsoil unless it's handled properly In order to ensure that the impacts to soils <br />in the project area would he minimal, mitigation is recommended below <br />1lilieation <br />-'fhe vegetative cover and topsoil should he scraped ufl'together and piled in a wind protected <br />location, if riot being directh re-spread Ibr reclantatiun <br />-Any piles that would be in place more than 6 months should he seeded <br />-II' inadequate anwunts of topsoil arc available at the. end of the operation, the anuuv would hayr <br />to haul additional topsoil to the site ur use soil amendments to achieve successtitl re-vegetation <br />-:lreas that do nut have at least the plc-minutg !;round corer percentage of"perennials after two <br />growing seasons would tcyturr additional actiatts w stabilize the site. <br />I~ntding on the Public Land health Standard tier upland soils •I'he area is currently <br />meeting ihts standard Under the Pr~lxtscd :lctiurt, m;tjor soil disturbance would occur within <br />lhl mining area If hest management practice. are used to control site erosion, protect topu~il <br />viability, and reclann the area, the overall impact to soil health un a landscape scale would be <br />small. and the reclaimed area would continue to meet this standard <br />VG(iL:"I ATION (mcludcs a findmu un Sumdard t) <br />Altected Emrn>nment Allounem t, u71u> is comprise) oi'a mixture of'sagehrush with <br />aft underslury ofgrassrs Hig sagebrush (:lnrnrcvar Irrdcvrrurul is the dominant shnrh with minor <br />amount, ul'antclope biucrbrush (l'ur.vJrua IrrchwRrar), serviccbcrry I-lnndwrclrr~~r uhuJulnrl. <br />rahbitbnrsh 117nt•.vudnrnnncc spp1, and snoveherTy (J'ynr/nc~,nc•url,ee spp) Grasses and lurhs <br />make up the majority of the lixage available to livestock and wildlife Prevalent grasses include <br />blucbunch wheatgrass Il'vrneG,rury~nerm.y„cunr), pine nredlegrass (,y'n/r<rl+lnrrur•rrm). needle- <br />