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• ~ ATTACHMENT B <br />70 <br />NOTICE OF INTENT TO EXPLORE INVOLVING REMOVAL OF 250 TONS OR LESS OF COAL <br />Site Description <br />The topography of the area where West Eik Coal Company proposes to <br />conduct drilling operations as shown on Attachment A is generally flat <br />in the northern portion. The southern portion rises to a fairly steep <br />hillside rising from 6100 feet above MSL to about 6300 feet above MSL. <br />Topsoil in the area is generally of a rocky Fughes loam type. <br />Vegetation in the area is of the mixed shrub variety. <br />• During collection of environmental baseline information for the Mt. <br />Gunnison Mine, a large area including the proposed drilling site was <br />surveyed for the presence or potential presence of threatened or <br />endangered species. None were found and none are expected to be found <br />in the vicinity of the drilling sites. Please see Tables 2.5.6.A and <br />2.5.6.8 as well as Section 2.3.7 of the Mt. Gunnison Mining and <br />Reclamation Plan. <br />The site is located to the south of the North Fork of the Gunnison River <br />and just west of Sylvester Gulch. It appears from previous drilling, <br />site observations and records from We]1 B-16 (destroyed in 1981 during <br />construction of the mine site) that the site consists of low <br />permeability colluvial deposits overlying the Mesa Verde formation. <br /> <br />