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Canyon. 7~e collection of baseline environmental data has been <br />nonexistent during the above mining episodes due to the fact <br />that regulations did not exist which required the detailed infor- <br />mation currently prescribed by the regulations. <br />Trinidad Basin Mining, Inc. has been in the process of <br />obtaining the detailed environmental and geologic data since their <br />acquisition of the mine. At this time the data gathering process <br />has not been cai~leted but it is anticipated this activity will be <br />completed during the summer of 1981. Pdditional time is required <br />to obtain vegetation, hydrologic data, and further geologic information. <br />~e historic users of the area left a magnitude of problems <br />upon their abandonment of the area. A trip up the Canyon will <br />reveal many mine dins (coal waste piles), r~nain~ of a coking <br />facility, and the affects of overgrazing. Ewen within the cronfines <br />. of the permit boundardy old des are visible, with the most promi- <br />nent one being located in the southeastern portion of Section 15. <br />The ran+~;na of another dui can be found in the drainage in the <br />southwestern portion of Section 15. With these twv facts in mind, <br />presence of old coal dumps and overgrazing, it is quite evident that <br />the land's productivity is not reaching the ma X; nn en potential for <br />the site. <br />'i1~e S6 advised that ma~rirman production for the loamy <br />Foothill range site is 1500 lbs/acre air dry material. 'This range <br />site would correspond to the valley bottans. Zhe Shallow Foothill <br />range site has a maximum production of 500 lbs/acre air dry material. <br />this range site corresponds to the ridges and steep slopes found <br />in the area. ~e SCS did not give an estimated ma~ri,mmi production <br />IV-2 <br />