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<br />Exhibit I - Soils Information <br />The soils for this area have been mapped and described by the U.S.D.A. <br />Soil Conservation Service (SCS) in a published soil survey. According to <br />this survey, various mapping units of the Mesa series, and the typic <br />torriorthents-rock outcrop complex, occur on this site. Figure B included <br />herein is a soils map of the area delineating the mapping units. <br />Descriptions of the soil mapping units are given below followed by a <br />typical profile of the Mesa soil type. No profile is typical of the typic <br />torriorthents-rock outcrop complex. <br />Mesa Series <br />Soils of the Mesa series are deep, well drained, and moderately fine <br />textured. The soil occurs on mesas and high terraces and formed in <br />gravelly or very gravelly alluvium of mixed mineralogy. Typically the <br />surface layer is pinkish-gray or brown, granular, and about 3 to 4 inches <br />thick. The subsoil is brown or light-brown clay loam that is about 8 <br />inches thick. The substratum, below a depth of 15 to 16 inches, is very <br />pale brown or brown loam that is calcareous and very gravelly and cobbly. <br />A typical profile of a Mesa soil is attached. <br />(MIA) - Mesa Clay Loam, 0 to 2 Percent Slopes <br />The majority of the area to be affected has this soil type. It occurs <br />on top of high mesas and has a profile similar to the representative <br />profile for the series, but the surface layer is clay loam. <br />Permeability is slow and the available water capacity is fair. This <br />soil is not highly susceptible to erosion. <br />(MIB) - Mesa Clay Loam, 2 to 5 Percent Slopes <br />This soil type occurs on only a very small area within the permit <br />-17- <br />