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<br />Soils Baseline Data <br />A. Prime Farmland <br />The proposed permit area is not located on soils which are considered prime faun laud. <br />See Table 5 --Prime Farntland. <br />B. Soils <br />1. Rating of topsoil suitability -Sampson loam (37) is rated as fair due to the presence <br />of small stones. See Table 12 -- Construction Materials. <br />2. Soils Map -Soils are (37) Sampson loam, 0-2 percent slopes. See attached soils map. <br />3. Soils Descriptions -See attached mapping unit description. <br />Vegetation Baseline Data <br />Grasses found on the site include blue grama, little bluestent, western wheatgrass, sand <br />dropseed and tall dropseed. Forbs and slti~ubs found on this site include comntou <br />sunflower. kocltia, curlycup gumweed, western ragweed, sand sagebrush and yucca. <br />Reclamation Plan <br />A. Topsoiling and Grading <br />All upper soil_)LOrizons)to be used in reconstructing the soil shall be removed from the <br />immediate area before mining. all of [he Ahorizon shall be removed for use as surface <br />soil on disturbed area. If the A horizon is less titan 6 inches thick, enough material <br />immediately below [he A horizon can be removed to obtain this thickness. <br />Topsoil should bee stockpiled. Stockpiles should be protected from wind and water <br />erosion and from unnecessary canpaction. <br />Topsoil should be replaced when mining operations are completed. Before spreading the <br />topsoil, [he re-graded area should be scarified or ripped to prevent slippage surfaces and <br />to promote root penetration. <br />Slopes should be graded to permit the use of conventional equipment for seedbed <br />preparation, seeding, mulch application and anchoring, and maintenance operations. <br />Areas should be sloped to 3:1 slopes or flatter. Materials such as rocks or trash that <br />interfere with planting should be removed. <br />B. Revegetatioo <br />