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-lo- Alluvial Valley Floors The farm road on the East Salt Creek alluvial valley slightly for use as a haul road during the original to the area due to the road widening were minor. Soils fl oor was improved permit term. The impacts No topsoil was salvaged prior to the disturbance which presently exists at the mine. It is projected that approximately 6 acre-feet of topsoil can be stripped from previously undisturbed areas which will be disturbed under the proposed permit. This volume will be sufficient to replace topsoil over 12 to 18 acres of disturbance to a depth ranging from 4 to 6 inches. This will adequately topsoil most of the proposed 35 acres disturbance. A portion of the remaining disturbed area will be retained as a ranch road which existed prior to the mine. Sail analyses from the remainder of the previously disturbed lands indicate material suitable for reclamation to a depth of 4 to 7 inches. No topsoil was salvaged at the Loma loadout site. This area is leased to SCMC by the D&RGW railroad. This facility previously served as a sugar beet loadout area and is zoned industrial. The land use upon the cessation of its use as a coal loadout will be industrial. The site will be cleared of all coal materials and of all structures which the present owner wishes removed. The material removed from the loadout site will be backfilled in the mine portal area. No significant impacts on the soil resource are anticipated. Vegetation The CMLRD Reviewed the Munger Canyon Mine vegetation baseline data and revegetation plan and found it adequate with the exception of six points on which the State made stipulations for the permit issuance (see Appendix A). The conditions should insure that the mine site is successfully reclaimed and that no significant adverse environmental impacts will occur. Fish and Wildlife Most of the disturbance related to the mine has already occurred. The planned expansion of the disturbance will further impact a limited area. '~Jildlife and habitat in Munger Canyon has already been affected to nearly the maximum extent for the life of the mine.