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Thrze coal seams of ec• mac imocrtanc2 arz found in t•Williams Fork <br />For~naLion. These ;?ims ar?, in i;c?noing order, the wolf Creek, Wadge and <br />L?nncx coals. The Wcif Crze!c coal iizs too deeo to be mined by surface <br />me-hedi and the Lennox i; r?~at~+ziy thin and discontinuous within the permit <br />3`23. The Madge CCd' iS Lhe Cni/ ;23m t0 be mined d; pdit Gf thli Operdtl0n. <br />3edrxr ground wdt?~ ieui~?rs niv? bz?n identified as the 'WCif Creek coal <br />szam, the Wadae c:ai s?im and rh? Wadg? overourden including the discontinuous <br />Lznnox coal ;23m. nll dCUif?~; ?:(hlblt 'NdL2r Cdble conditions near the <br />OULCr00. HGweve~, Cb52r~+dLiCn Neils ins tailed dcwndip indicate the aquifzrs <br />dr2 3'.! Und?r 3rL?;~~in CcndiL`Cn; Nirh inC"?3;?d preS;Ur? related t0 1nCr?dSed <br />d2CG~. QUdllty in 9il 3.,U "?r; i; OCCr and Und2;lydbie for U;2 d5 either 3 <br />CrinKing or 1rriCit`.Cn s000~'/. <br />Ground NaLer occur; in th? alluvium dssociat?d with Hubbe~scn Gulch within and <br />adjac?nt to the permit heundarv. Quality of this water prohibits its usz for <br />drinking and severziy limit; its use for irrigation. <br />The nine permit bcuncarv ?ncompas;zs tNo surface watersheds. Most of the nine <br />site and the major oort~ion of Lhe disturbed aria will drain into Hubber on <br />Gulch dnd an unnamzo LribuLdr/ to dry Crz?<. The numerous small drainages are <br />eon?meta! In ~nat'Jf?. HUbbe`;Jn GUlen, dCwii;tream Cf the .nine ;lte t0 lt; <br />CCn"iUe!!C? wl th Dri Creek, °.; inL?r'i1 Lt?n L. r1 imdil area On the eastern edge <br />Or L!1? de'mit dCUn;,dfi ~drdin; b7 ~d^ye Cr??<, an intzrmitt?nt str?am. 3oth <br />Sag? Creer and ]r;+ ~ree:< are confiuenL wiLn the Yampa Riv?r Heir Hayden, <br />Colorado. <br />the dvzrige annual prec~oitation it the mine sit? is aoproKimat?ly 16 inches. <br />The preCiCltdti0n l; COn<.i;L?nt thrCUghCUt Lhe _`/?3r with n0 significant dry <br />periods. The mein annua~ temoe'aturz i; 4~'F. The av?-3g? maximum and <br />min'•mum tzm~erature<. are 66'F and 1.'F r2s~ective!y. Rzgionaily, wind <br />directions rUn ?i;t-w2;t `pi10'w'ny C.^.e ~(amCa Q':42' Vd':i?y. MCr? lOCiilz?d <br />wind patterns trend along the side valley;. <br />The current and historic land usz of the arzi in which the ooeration is <br />located is grazing land for livestock and 'Habitat for wildlifz. Rzgional land <br />use patterns arz orientzd in thr?e rzlatively distinct bands. Irrigated <br />cropland is closzly associated 'with the flccdplain of the Yamca River. To the <br />south, non-irrigated crop; are gr olNn on the sloping upland surf does. The dre3 <br />nedr?;t *.h? :Wining ocera-`. on is mostly hilly and mcun tdincus terrain and us?d <br />Crimdrll!/ 3s r3~C?land fpr ';"/?;tJC~< gY3zing and 'wlldiif? hdbIC3C. NG <br />crop~anc Ni11 G? 7i;L'.:roe^ oy mining. <br />he iJii; 'vUnd 'N'L"~n 3~7 3'7; 3C?nt t0 the 'ill ne Ci3n aY?3 3r? t%p1Cil Or i0il; <br />fCUnu In the CJId. ;em°-ar'd r?'g`Cnj Jf tn? '+le;te M UniLa•d ~LaC?;. The ;C~!; <br />dr2 g2n?rally mCdEraL?~y Ce?~ (29 tC 4G incnesi DJ in31'.Cw :10 CC ~~ 1nChe;) <br />and have devz!opeo in weatherzd, ant?~:,edded fine sandstone, siltstone, and <br />;hal?, and in local slope wash and coiluvium. Most of Lhe soil; arz Borollic <br />~/ertic Cambcrthids, Lithic Cryebor~ll;, and ?achic C r/oboroll;. <br />- 4 - <br />