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99 <br />~~ Un+teC States <br />~~~1 Department of <br />•~o~ agncwturc <br />sod 640 Industrial 81vd., <br />Conservauon Delta, <br />s°rv,ce Colorado 81416 <br />October 10, 1980 <br />Cheryl L. Wehmanen, Coordinator <br />Permits and Compliance <br />Arco Coal Company <br />5:5 Seventeenth Street <br />Denver, Co 80217 <br />RE: Atlantic Richfield Mt. Gunnison Mine <br />OSi4 Permit Application <br />Dear Ms. Wehnanen, .;, , <br />The soil series of the Surface Facilities Area mapped by the Soil Conservation <br />Service in the Paonia Soil Survey on photo 4169, are as follows: <br />02 Torriorthents-Haplargids Complex, very stony, 0 to 12~ slooes <br />'• 109-E Absarokee-Work loam, on 6 to 26t slooes <br />101-F Beenom-fibsarokee complex, on 20 to 60" slopes <br />58N-F Fughes loam on 25 to 65~ slopes • <br />R-1 Torriorthents-Rock outcrop, sandstone complex on 20 to 70N slopes <br />A brief description of each of the mapping units is attached. <br />None of the mapping units meets the minimum soil requirements as. identified <br />by cooperative effort of Colorado State University experiment Station and the <br />Sail Conservation Service far prime fat-miand. <br />Please contact me if you have additional questions concerning these soils. <br />Sincerely yours, <br />.~ , <br />T • r~, ~ ~-~;r <br />L. D. Short, District Conservationist <br />cc: Delta Soil Conservation District <br />F- <br />~. <br />,. <br />