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primarily constitute piles of fine material nohody knew what to do with • so they pushed it up in big piles. Virtually all the sail present was put in place at least 1~~ years ago and mast of it much earlier than that. This area has a long history of industrial activity. The near proximity of the railroad and the rather level ground made it a fine industrial site even 50 years ago. In the process of using the area many different companies came in and did "their thing" and then left. No regard was given to soil or reclamation or revegetation. As a . result, today, when reclamation has become important, the sail of this area has been devastated and is only a little better than mine waste. On the other hand, the loss of soil in this area was not severe. This area too was partly Blakeland loamy sand and undoubtedly the sail that was originally here was not of great value. The rest of the soil • was a thin veneer over river rock on a terrace of fountain Creek. The future of this site will undoubtedly he industrial. With large industrial buildings to the north and to the south along the railroad tracks it is unlikely the site would be suitable for anything else. Therefore the lass of soil is of little real significance. The question always arises, however, what if it doesn't get developed? In that event, what soil is there could be smoothed out and planted in accordance with the revegetation portions of the reclamation plan. Because the soil is better than the sands that will 6e mined and also because the soil is limited in quantity (not to mention quality) what sail is present will be placed on areas to be revegetated in accordance with a priority system. The most severe sites would receive • soil first. Remaining sails would 6e spread over additional areas in a descending order of severity. As stated in the reclamation plan, this FAGE 7 OF 9 - EXHIBIT I