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• to maximize success in creating and maintaining the most suitable <br />vegetation cover. <br />TOPSOIL REMOVAL AND STOCKPILING <br />Colony recognizes the importance of topsoil to the plant and <br />animal life of the area. For this reason, usable topsoil will <br />be salvaged and stockpiled for Later use to cover newly created <br />surfaces. <br />To evaluate the soils present before activity is begun, a survey <br />of the existing soils within the permit areas was obtained from <br />the U.S. Soil Conservation Service. <br />In the areas to be disturbed by the process plant, its support <br />facilities and processed shale disposal, a more detailed survey <br />was conducted to verify mapping unit boundaries and establish <br />topsoil stripping depths. Interpretations of the soil survey <br />indicate that most of the existing soil types are suitable for <br />use as seedbed quality material. A listing of the soil mapping <br />units, their suitability for use as seedbed quality material, and <br />pertinent information about each unit is found in Exhibit I. Any <br />reference to "topsoil" will mean only those soil horizons considered <br />suitable for use as seedbed quality material. <br />Topsoil will be removed ahead of surface disturbance activities. <br />Any vegetative cover that would interfere with topsoil removal <br />will be removed first. Every effort will be made to minimize <br />the area of disturbance and to strip the topsoil only as needed <br />for construction or processed shale disposal activities. Existing <br />soil information will be verified in the field prior to stripping. <br />The actual stripping operations will be closely monitored in <br />the field to insure that only usable topsoil is salvaged. <br />• <br />E-29 <br />