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from the North Fork of the Gunnison River should not affect the water rights of other downstream users. Bear Coal Company has committed to replace any water rights which are affected or damaged by their mining activities. Soils -Rule 2.04.9, 2.05.3(5), 2.05.4(2)(d) and 4.06 Soil resource information for the Bear No. I and 2 Mines is located in Section 2.04.9 of the Bear No. 1 and 2 permit application. Soils resource information for the Bear No. 3 Mine is contained in Sections 2.04.9 and 4.06, Exhibit 9 and Map 4 (Soils) of the Bear No. 3 permit revision application, and Exhibit 23 of the Bear midterm response. Six soil types are present on the permit area, but only the Breece loam was extensively disturbed by mining. The soil types are the Absarokee -Work Loam, Beenoon-Absarokee Association, Breece Loam Cryoborolls, Torriothents Haplergids, and Torriothents Rock Outcrop. All of the soil types except the Breece Loam exist on areas that overlie the underground workings and were disturbed by surface activities. The Breece Loam occurs along flood plains of the North Fork of the Gunnison River and has been extensively disturbed by surface facilities of the Bear No. 1, 2 and 3 Mines. The surface horizon of this soil consists of up to 19 inches of dark brown loam. The surface horizon is underlain by up to 40 inches 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 par[ of the slopes. Moderately sloping uplands and valley side slopes are included in the Absarokee-Work Loam unit, characterized by predominantly loamy surface soils overlying sandstone, with soil thicknesses of more than 60 inches in depressions and swales. Previous portal development at the Bear No. 1 and 2 Mines and at the Bear No. 3 Mine, has disturbed soils of the Beenom-Absarokee Association. No further disturbance of this soil is proposed. Vegetation -Rules 2.04.10, 2.05.4(2)(e) and 4.15 Information describing vegetation at the Bear No. 1 and 2 Mines is presented in Section 2.04.10 of the Bear No. 1 and 2 permit application. 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 revision application. Revegetation information or the Bear No. 1 and 2 Mines is contained in Section 2.05.4 of the Bear No. 1 and 2 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 revision application. 10