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• rating on the B3 and C horizons. <br />Based on soil descrip[ion depths, it appears that there is sufficient high quality topsoil for all <br />reclamation needs. Suggested soil stripping depths are illustrated on the soil survey map. <br />The Routt loam appears to be chemically and physically superior when compazing soil series. This is <br />the predominant soil series in the proposed active mining azea and comprises approximately 570 acres <br />of the permit azea. <br />The expected quality of redressed topsoil (A horizon) would be chazacterized by a dazk brown silty <br />clay loam with moderate fine to medium subangular blocky structure. It would be slightly acid to <br />slightly alkaline, noncalcareous and have an organic matter content of approximately 2-3 percent. <br />H-G Coal Company does not plan to use overburden material as a supplement or substitute to topsoil. <br />The VTN "Soil Inventory" Report, provided in Appendix F, I~olume //1, provides more detailed <br />information regarding the soils evaluation for Hayden Gulch. <br />References <br />(1) Jackson, M. L. 1958. Soil Chemical Analysis. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. <br />• (2) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra[ion. 1978. Climatological Data, Volume 82, <br />No. 13. Environmental Data and Information Service, National Climatic Center, Asheville, North <br />Carolina. <br />(3) U.S. Department of Agriculture, SCS, Soil Survey Staff. 1951. Soil Survey Manual. Agriculture <br />Handbook No. 18. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. <br />(4) U.S. Department of Agriculture, SCS, Soil Survey Staff. 1972. Soil Survey Laboratory Methods <br />and Procedures for Collecting Soil Samples. Soil Survey Investiga[ions Report No. 1. U.S. <br />Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. <br />(5) U.S. Department of Agriculture, SCS, Soil Survey Staff. 1975. Soil Taxonomy: A Basic System <br />of Soil Classifica[ion for Making and Interpre[ing Soil Surveys. Agriculture Handbook No. 436. <br />U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. <br />6) U.S. Salinity Laboratory Staff. 1954. Saline and Alkali Soils, p. 102. Agriculture Handbook <br />No. 60. USDA. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. <br />• <br /> <br />