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Page 2 <br />RECEIVED <br />#1UG 2 6 2004 <br />t3oard of S~rpervisora <br />Joan Adair, Prssldent <br />Marvin Garrett, V. Pres. <br />John H. Sandefur, SerJrreas <br />David Patch, Member <br />Linda Stona, Member <br />Joe Loop, Alternate <br />August 25, 2004 <br />248 Dozier Ave. <br />Canon City, CO 81212 <br />Phone (719) 275-4465 ext. 101 <br />Jim Stark <br />Colorado Division of Minerals Rr Geology <br />Denver, CO <br />Fax # (303) 832-8106 <br />RE: Energy Fuels Coal, Inc. - Loadout site -Soil Characteristics, AVF <br />Division of Minerals & Geology <br />This letter is in response to your request for additional information regarding <br />reclamation.work completed at the loudout site in Sec. 18; T19S; R69W, <br />I accompanied Laura Craven, NRCS Soil Scientist, on August 4, 2004, while she <br />made the field cheek of existing soils conditions, at the sfte, Her report is dated also <br />August 4, 2004. <br />This soil area.previously Identified (terrace soils) as an AVF is quite small, being only <br />a nan'dw strip of (Shanta) soil adjacent to the existing railroad fill and grade, the site <br />examined August 4v' is along the north fringe of the larger #105 Shanta soil unit. The <br />larger Shanta.unit extends mostly south east of the railroad grade, Therefore, this is a <br />fringe area and can be expected to differ somewhat from the typical Shanta soil <br />description in the Fremont County Soil Survey. <br />The report by Laura Craven, of August 4r", notes that the typical dark surface colors <br />due to organic matter are lacking and that there is now a difference in structure of the <br />surtace horizon. Such differences, in lack of developed soil structure can be expected <br />where native soils have been disturbed either by grading, filling or even by frequerrt <br />farm cultivation practices. Soil structure will redevelop over time once a permanent <br />grass cover is re-established. <br />On August ?4~' I used a surveyors wheel to measure off (NW of railroad grade) what I <br />believe to be the Shanta soil area, in general between contour 5250 and 5255; the <br />area measured is small, only .7 of an acre. Above this elevation the soil changesto <br />#72 Midway-Cascajo complex and #52 Kim - Cascajo complex, both rangeland soils. <br />CONSERVATION -DEVELOPMENT -SELF-GOVERNMENT <br />E-mall address: Janet.barnhart®co.nacdnet.net <br />