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EXHIBIT I -Soils Information The permit azea currently operating as the Gray Pit # t (#M-2002-092) is a series of small north south gravel ridges fingering off an east west trending shale ridge (Marcos Shale) sparsely covered by cedar pinion and sagebrush. The gravel/cobble deposits lie above the Mancos Shale/weathered shale in thicknesses from a few to greater than 50 feet. Soil/topsoil occurs intermittently across the site from 0 to 60 inches and there is no distinctive overburden between the soil and the gravel deposit. Slopes are steep [o very steep (greater than l5%). Current operations at the site are operating under Reclamation Permit #M-2002-092 aze conducting facial extraction of the gravel deposits off the slope after reserving existent topsoil in the westside topsoil stockpile area. The gravel deposits develop in the 5.30 acre extension area along and above the current permitted northern boundary of the site. The purpose of this revision is to develop the additional gravel deposit north of the current permitted area. There is some minor overburden which is mostly additional topsoil/sandy loam soils which will be removed and reserved for reclamation activities. The site as mapped and described by the U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service report of June 4, 2001, consists of eroded stream terraces with a skeletal overburden of soil. Soils on the site range from 0 to 60 inches and are described as Steep Shallow Clay Loam P.J. Grave]/cobble till deposits underlie the surface soils from a few feet to over 50 feet in thickness along the north/south trending ridges. An advance copy of the current NRCS/USDA soil type and site inspection records for [he Gray Pit # I are attached. Topsoil will be stripped and stockpiled at the Wes[side topsoil stockpile area for use in subsequent reclamation activities. If topsoil stockpiles are to be left fnr more than I growing season, they will be seeded with the USDA recommended seed mix via broadcast method.