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`. :.~ :.. ~.. s...+. . <br />.}: _ ~~.<A,.p:.' -~y,y~iu;.V...~. ~~si%fa`:G-aa~=i:.. i•. ,.4. ~. <br />v. , , • , <br />.. __. :~: <br />.... <br />... '~r:.d..:' <br />:'.'ii <br />'.`~ <br />. •` Bear Coal Company has committed to replace any water rights which are affetxed `or <br />damaged by their mining activities. <br />Soils -Rule 2.04.9. 2.05.3(51. 2.05.4(21(dl and 4.06 <br />Soil resource information for the Bear No. 1 and 2 Mines is located in Section 2.04.9 of the <br />Bear No. 1 and 2 permit application. Soils rrsounce information for the Bear No. 3 Mine is <br />contained in Sections 2.04.9 and 4.06, Rxhibit 9 and Map 4 (Soils) of the Bear No. 3 permit <br />revision application, and Exhibit 23 of the Beaz midterm response. <br />Six soil types are present on the permit area, but only the Breece loam will be extensively <br />disturbed by mining. The soil types are the Absarokee -Work Loam, Beenoon-Absarokee <br />Association, Breece Loam Cryoborolls, Torriotheots Haplergids, and Torriothents Rock <br />Outcrop. All of the soil types except the Breece Loam exist on areas that overlie the <br />underground workings and will not be disturbed by surface activities. - <br />The Breece Loam occurs along flood plains of the North Fork of the Gunnison River and has <br />been extensively disturbed by surface facilities of the Bear No. 1, 2 and 3 Mines. The <br />surface horizon of this soil consists of up to 19 inches of dark brown loam. The surface <br />horizon is underlain by up to 40 inches of stratified, mottled silts and sands. The silts and <br />sands grade into coarse sands, gravel and cobbles as depth increases. Bedrock is generally <br />greater than 60 inches below the ground surface. Soil samples taken from the Bear No. 3 <br />facilities area indicate that the Breece Loam is a sandy loam with neutral Ph, low SAR and <br />salinity. <br />The Beenom-Absarokee Association soils are shallow, well drained soils on steep <br />mountainside slopes, with thicker deposits developing on the lower part of the slopes. <br />Moderately sloping uplands and valley side slopes are included in the Absarokee-Work Loam <br />unit, characterized by predominantly loamy surface soils overlying sandstone, with soil <br />thicknesses of over 60 inches in depressions and swales. Previous portal development at the <br />Bear No. 1 and 2 Mines and at the Bear No. 3 Mine, has disturbed soils of the <br />Beenom-Absarokee Association. No further disturbance of this soil is proposed. <br />Vegetation -Rules 2.04.10. 2.05.4(2)(el and 4.15 <br />Information describing vegetation at the Bear No. 1 and 2 Mines is presented in <br />Section 2.04.10 of the Bear No. 1 and 2 permit application. Vegetation information for the <br />Bear No. 3 Mice is pmsented in Sections 2.04.10 and 4.15 and Map 3 (Vegetation) of the <br />Bear No. 3 permit revision application. Revegetation information or the Bear No. 1 and 2 <br />Mines is contained in Section 2.05.4 of the Bear No. 1 and 2 permit application. <br />Revegetation information for the Bear No. 3 Mine is presented in Sections 2.05.4 and 4.15 <br />of the Bear No. 3 permit revision application. <br />Vegetation types present in the Bear permit area include Aspen, Wet mixed shrub, Dry <br />mixed shrub, Douglas fir, Juniper-Piiion, Dry Meadow and Riparian. <br />10 <br />