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• SOILS ANALYSIS SUMMARY <br />Section 2.04.6(2) states the reclamation plan will provide a <br />monitoring plan to delineate any unsuitable areas of regraded <br />overburden with respect to pH. The suitable range for subsoil pH <br />is 5.5 to 8.5. The pH range for marginal subsoil is 5.0 to 9.0. <br />As the mine pits were regraded to approximate original contour, <br />subsoil samples were taken to detect any unsuitable areas. The <br />upper three feet of regraded overburden was sampled. Two <br />representative samples, each representing an eighteen inch depth <br />was collected on approximately a 300-foot grid center. The <br />location of the subsoil samples are presented on Map 135-A. <br />If the pH of a sample was less than 5.0 then the subsoil was <br />regraded in order to more thoroughly mix the subsoil. The <br />subsoil was then resampled. <br />The results of the soil analysis are presented on the following <br />pages beginning on page 7-33. Unsuitable subsoil was encountered <br />in two places, subsoil samples number 2 b 21. Both of the areas <br />represented by these samples were reworked. After the areas were <br />reworked and regraded, the areas were resampled and found to have <br />suitable pH values. <br />CJ <br />C~ <br />J <br />7-32 September 1994 <br />