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iii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii , <br />EXHIBIT D~ Wildlife, Water, Vegetation and Soils <br />Taminco, Inc. <br />Monogram Mines (Union Carbide Leases) <br />July 3, 1978 <br />Wildlife <br />See attached data sheet which was furnished by Ron <br />Arant, Wildlife Conservation Officer. <br />Water <br />The mines on Monogram Mesa are generally dry with water <br />for exploration and mining activities hauled from one of the <br />nearby towns. Mining requirements will involve only a few <br />hundred gallons per week (approx. 35 gallons per rock drill <br />per day). <br />These mining operations are not expected to adversely <br />affect surface or underground water systems. <br />Vegetation <br />The Soil Conservation Service classifies the Monogram <br />Mesa area as a combination of rocklands and pinyon-juniper <br />woodland. No information is available on the rocklands site <br />description as it is considered essentially a wasteland, <br />unproductive as rangeland. Pinyon and juniper are described <br />as occurring at elevations between 5000 and 7500 feet with <br />precipitation ranging from 12 to 15 inches per year and <br />average annual temperatures between 49 and 53° F. <br />Chris Gray of the Soil Conservation Service inspected <br />an adjacent Union Carbide site and considers the following <br />information applicable to the Monogram group. Major understory <br />vegetation: <br />Indian Ricegrass <br />Western Wheatgrass <br />Bitterbrush <br />Galleta <br />Service Berry <br />Salina Wild-rye <br />Mountain Mahogany <br />Fourwing Saltbush <br />Sand Dropseed <br />D-1 <br />