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EXHIBIT 1 <br />SOILS INFORMATION <br />SOILS DESCRIPTIONS <br />Three soil types have been mapped for the site. The disturbed area of the permitted area contains only two <br />of the three. Soil Unit #34 "Ceek very Jlaggy clay loam I- to 40 percent slopes" is confined to the gorge of <br />Plateau Creek where the proposed operation wilt cause no disturbance. Because that soil type is not <br />affected and lies geographically isolated from operations, its lengthy description has been left out of this <br />analysis. <br />Soil Unit # 11 "Badland" represents the majority of the initial East Side ridge area to be mined. Most of <br />this East Side has bare exposed sandstone beds with only traces of very thin soil and vegetation that cannot <br />be practically salvaged with traditional equipment before extraction operations. <br />Number 11 "Badland" soils also cover most of the West Side ridge to be mined, only soil depths there <br />range from practically none to 4- and 6-foot depths of soil. This soil type is described below from the U. S. <br />Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Survey. <br />Between the East and West Side extraction azeas the Soil Unit #65 "Narraguinnep-Dapoin complex, 1 to 5 <br />percent slopes" occurs in the swales between ridges. Here too, soil depths vary from nearly none on the <br />southeast side of the dry drainage channel to the 4-6-foot range on the northwest side of the channel. <br />"Narraguinnep-Dapoin complex ..." is also described below. <br />30IL UNIT ~tll-BADLAND1 <br />Badland is moderately steep [5'/: %, this site] to very step barren lands <br />dissected by many intermittent drainage channels on eroded uplands. <br />These areas are formed by active geologic erosion of soft, multicolored, <br />sedimentary beds consisting of shale and sandstone [hard finegrained Sandstone, <br />this site]. Elevation is 6, 500 to 8, 000 feet [7,550 to 7,620]. ... Slopes are <br />10 to 120 percent. <br />This unit is 90 percent barren knolls, ridges and side slopes. Included <br />in this unit are about 10 percent soils that range from very shallow to <br />very deep.. The very deep soils occurs in narrow drainage ways and <br />support sparse vegetation such as greasewood and shadscale. <br />Runoff is very rapid, and the hazard of water erosion is severe. <br />This map unit is used for wildlife habitat. <br />The suitability for all wildlife is very poor. This unit provides very <br />limited habitat for mule deer, rabbits rodents and raptors. <br />This map unit is severely limited for all other uses. <br />This unit is in capability subclass 8e, non-irrigated. No range site has <br />been assigned. <br />' Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Survey, USDA <br />-23- <br />OMO 113 Appl PERNIN9 SAN0.5TONE <br />