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of stratified, mottled silts and sands. The silts and sands grade into coarse sands, gravel and cobbles as depth increases. Bedrock is generally greater than 60 inches below the ground surface. Soil samples taken from the Bear No. 3 facilities area indicate that the Breece Loam is a sandy loam with neutral pH, low SAR and salinity. The Beenom-Absarokee Association soils are shallow, well drained soils on steep mountainside slopes, with thicker deposits developing on the lower part of the slopes. Moderately sloping uplands and valley side slopes aze included in the Absarokee-Work Loam unit, chazacterized by predominantly loamy surface soils overlying sandstone, with soil thicknesses ofmore than 60 inches in depressions and swales. Previous portal development at the Bear No. 3 Mine has disturbed soils of the Beenom-Absarokee Association. No further disturbance ofthis soil occurred at the Bear No. 3 Mine. Vegetation -Rules 2.04.10, 2.05.4(2)(e) and 4.15 Vegetation information for the Bear No. 3 Mine is presented in Sections 2.04.10 and 4.15 and Map 3 (Vegetation) of the Bear No. 3 permit application. Revegetation information for the Bear No. 3 Mine is presented in Sections 2.05.4 and 4.15 of the Bear No. 3 permit application. Vegetation types present in the Bear permit azea include Aspen, Wet mixed shrub, Dry mixed shrub, Douglas fir, Juniper-Piiion, Dry Meadow and Ripazian. Wet mixed shrub is the most prevalent vegetation type in the permit azea and is chazacterized by dense shrub stands dominated by serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) and gambel oak (Quercus gambelii). The type dominates the north and east facing slopes south of the North Fork of the Gunnison River. Steep north facing slopes at higher elevations support stands of douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). Riparian vegetation, including cottonwood trees (Populus angustifolia), shrubs such as willow (Salix spp.) and hawthorne (Crataegus spp.) and numerous herbaceous species, occurs along undisturbed sections of the North Fork of the Gunnison flood plain. Small azeas of Aspen, Juniper-Pinon and Dry meadow vegetation types exist at higher elevations on the permit area. The Wet mixed shrub and ripazian vegetation types have been affected by mining at the Bear No. 3 Mine surface facilities area. Mining impacts to the vegetation types at the Beaz No. 3 Mine location began in 1934 with the Edwards Mine. Revegetation of the Bear No. 3 surface disturbance has taken place. The site was seeded in 1997 and 2000. Limited interseeding occurred in 2001. Fish and Wildlife -Rules 2.04.11, 2.05.6(21, and 4.18 Fish and wiidiife resource information is located in Sections 2.04.11 and 4.18 and Exhibit 10 ofthe Bear No. 3 permit application. Information describing the mitigation of coal mining impacts on fish and wildlife is presented in Sections 2.05.4 and 2.05.6 of the Beaz No. 3 permit application. 10