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Type Location: This soil was not sampled by Wyoming Fuel <br />• Company as it will not be affected by mining. The SCS type <br />location is as follows: <br />Representative profile of Fleutsch sandy loam in an area <br />of Fleutsch-Tiagos association in native grass, near center <br />of NEnNW; Section 14, T.9N., R.79W. <br />EVALUATION OF TOPSOIL RESOURCES <br />Suitability ratings in Table 3E provide a guide for evaluating <br />soil resources for topsoil stripping, stockpiling and replacing <br />suitable topsoil materials. The ensueing discussion provides an <br />evaluation of the soil resources to be affected by mining activities. <br />Emphasis is placed on those mapping units which have limiting <br />factors regarding their use as topsoil. All other mapping units <br />are within the fair to good limits of the standards presented on <br />Table 3E. <br />Topsoil Stripping <br />• <br />Topsoil stripping has been completed in the area of Pit 1. <br />The recommended stripping depths for Forelle, Manburn and Satanka <br />and Blackhall soils were followed (see Figure 2E). Topsoil from <br />Pit 1 has been stockpiled in Topsoil Stockpile 1, Figure 2, Mining <br />and Reclamation Plan. <br />Topsoil stripping in the area of Pit 2 will begin in July, <br />1981. Soils to be affected by mining during the life of Pit 2, <br />will be Manburn, Spicerton, Unnamed Alluvium, Tiagos and Morset. <br />Topsoil stripping sequence for these soils is presented on Figure <br />lE. Based on chemical and physical analyses of these soils only <br />Spicerton and Manburn have limitations for stripping to a depth <br />of five feet. <br />• <br />-18- <br />