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Stipulation No. 10 Eliminate the words "proposed monitoring plan" from the data and maps submitted by Greystone in the approved TR-12 and incorporate this information into the correct sections in the permit document. Soils There are two primary soil series present on undisturbed sites within the present New Horizon Mine 1 permit area. The major soil is the Shavano series. It is a fine, loamy, mixed, frigid (ustic) Camborthid. Topsoil quality is good to an average depth of 16 inches on the gentler slopes and 12 inches on the steeper slopes. The Persayo series is found in conjunction with the Shavano soils on isolated ridges and steeper slopes in the permit area. The surface soils may range in texture from sandy clay loam to clay loam with variable content of shale and sandstone fragments. These steeply sloping, shallow soils are less suitable for topsoil than the Shavano series described previously. An average of six inches of fair topsoil may be obtained from the Persayo Series.. There are three major soils types at the New Horizon Mine 2 area (see Soils Map of the permit application): Progresso-Bond Complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes; Barx sandy loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes; and Haplaquolls, 1 to 3 percent slopes. The Progresso-Bond complex is comprised of 40 percent Progresso, 40 percent Bond, 10 percent Barx (see below), 5 percent Travesilla, and 5 percent Bowdish series soils. The Progresso series is classified as a fine-loamy, mixed, mesic, Ustollic Haplargid. The Bond series is a loamy, mixed, mesic Lithic Ustollic Haplargid. The main difference between these two is the distance to bedrock; Bond soils are shallow (17 to 19 inches to bedrock) while Progresso soils are fairly deep (36 inches to bedrock). This complex is found on gently to strongly sloping irrigated uplands over much of the New Horizon Mine 2 area. The soils are shallow to moderately deep, well drained sandy loamy formed in sandstone derived alluvium. Topsoil quality is good to an average depth of 2.1 feet. The Barx soil is found in the southeast corner of the Need Horizon Mine 2 permit area. It is classified as a fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ustollic Haplargid. It is a deep, well drained sandy loam formed in sandstone derived alluvium. Part of this soil unit (about 15 acres) has been historically used for hay production, is irrigated with a dependable water Supply, and has therefore been rated as prime farmland by the USDA - Soil Conservation Service. Special methods of soil handling for this grime farmland are discussed under "Description of the Operations and Reclamation Plan" below. Revegetation success standards and reclamation plant materials are discussed in Section B, Part X - Operations on Prime Farmlands. The ephemeral drainages of the New Horizon Mine 2 area contain three families of Haplaquoll soils; Lithic, Lithic/Typic, and Typic Haplaquolls. The loamy, mixed, mesic, Lithic Haplaquolls are found in the upper reaches of the swales in the area and are the shallowest of the three series (bedrock at 11 inches). Lithic/Typic Haplaquolls (coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic, moderately -9-