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1 <br />' EXHIBIT I <br />1 <br />SOILS <br />' The following is a report prepared by Mark Heffner: <br />' The soils found on the affected land were examined to <br />' determine the texture, overall quality, quantity and potential for <br />revegetation in reclamation. The U. S. Soil Conservation Service <br />' has not completed a survey of the area. Tentative field maps were <br />' obtained from the Soil Conservation Service and were used as a <br /> basic starting point in th e soil survey. The SCS has tentatively <br /> identified seven soil map units on its third-order scale. The <br /> survey described here was essentially a modified f irst-order <br />' ki <br />ith <br />a 5 acres and <br />s than 1 <br />l rimaril <br /> survey wor <br />ng w <br />are <br />s . <br />es y <br />p <br /> examining only the surface materials to a depth of 12 to 24 <br /> inches. Subsoils were not used in classifying the soils on the <br />' site. <br />Areas were examined for (1) obviously bad soils as indicated <br />' by affected vegetation growth or by certain indicator species, <br />(2) soil texture, (3) soil depth, and (4) evidence of erosive <br />conditions. <br />' In general, the soils range from excellent to poor, not <br />including areas that have no soils at all. A pattern of deep, <br />' rich soils on the lower elevation areas grading into thinner, less <br />' productive soils toward the higher areas was readily evident. The <br />i~ <br />' 2 9 <br />