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As the pipeline corridor exits Hatch Gulch and progresses east toward the Greasewood Compressor Station, it intersects four different soil types: Rentsac channery loam, Yamac loam, Piceance fine sandy loam, and the Irigul-Parachute complex (SCS 1982}. Rentsac channery loam and Yamac loam are described above. Piceance fine sandy loam is found on uplands and broad ridgetops. This soil unit is moderately deep and is well drained, with moderate permeability and moderately low available water capacity. Slopes are 5 to 15 percent. The water erosion hazard is moderate to high, and the wind erosion hazard is high. The potential for soil erosion is the main limitation for this soil. The main limitation for seeding is low precipitation in summer (SCS 1982). Typical topsoils are 4 inches deep, with an additional 18 inches of subsoil. The Irigul-Parachute complex is located on ridges and mountainsides. Soils of this complex are shallow to moderately deep loams that are well drained with moderate permeability. Slopes are 5 to 30 percent. Water erosion hazard is slight to very high, and wind erosion hazard is very slight to none. The main limitations are slope, water erosion, and shallow rooting depth. The main limitations for seeding are slope, shallow rooting depth, and a short growing season (SCS 1982). Irigul topsoils are typically 5 inches thick; Parachute topsoils are typically 4 inches thick, with an additional ZS inches of subsoil. These soils are considered fragile. Temporary disturbance of these soils for pipeline construction, including the occurrence of Rentsac soils identified below, is estimated at about 42 acres. The pipeline corridor enters Collins Gulch in T2S, R96W, Section 16, where it re-enters Glendive fine sandy loam (SCS 1982). The pipeline remains in this soil type along Collins Gulch until it crosses Piceance Creek. As the pipeline corridor continues south from Piceance Creek, it crosses a hillside with Rentsac channery loam as the dominant soil type. It then enters Stewart Gulch and re- enters the Glendive fine sandy loam soil type where it remains for approximately 2 miles. The pipeline corridor then proceeds south along the ridgetop between the Middle Fork and East Fork of Stewart Gulch (Barnes Ridge) where the dominant soil is the Redcreek-Rentsac complex (SCS 1982). Temporary disturbance of the Redcreek- Rentsac complex for pipeline construction is estimated at about 24 acres. The pipeline corridor then crosses one drainage to the east where it remains on top of a ridge all the way to Davis Point, in this section being situated in Parachute-Rhone loams. The Parachute-Rhone loams are on ridgecrests and mountainsides. These soils are moderately deep to deep and are well drained with moderate permeability and low to high available water capacity. Parachute loams, which make up 55 percent of this complex, typically have topsoils 5 inches thick, with an additional 24 inches of subsoil. Rhone loams, which make up 35 percent of this complex, typically have 28 inches of topsoil and no subsoil. Slopes are 5 to 30 percent. Water erosion hazard is slight to moderate, and wind erosion hazard is very slight to slight. The Parachute soils, at lower depths, contain a high percentage of coarse fragments (SCS 1985). Limiting factors include slope and low available water capacity, and a short growing season may I-5