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~• INTRODUCTION
<br />Peabody Coal Company will disturb approximately 134 acres of native
<br />soils, topsoiled reclamation areas, and regraded spoils during 1988 at
<br />Nucla Mine. Mine-related disturbance will occur in three separate areas
<br />as shown on Exhibit 12-2, Operations Plan. Peabody Coal Company will
<br />affect about 125.2 acres of pastureland, hayland, rangeland, and
<br />associated disturbed land (farmyards, ponds, roads, and residences)
<br />during the next two years (1989-1990) within the 234.5 acre Nucla East
<br />permit area as shown on Exhibit 12-3, Operations Plan - Nucla East.
<br />Peabody Coal Company, in conjunction with the USDA, Soil Conservation
<br />Service, Norwood, Colorado, conducted a reconnaissance of Nucla Mine
<br />surface soils in 1975. This soils map, originally completed on 1" _
<br />400' aerial photos dated July 22, 1975, was submitted as part of Surface
<br />Mine Permit (SMP) 75-36 (see Exhibit C-5, Soils Map, 7-22-75). This
<br />initial Order 3 soil survey included the entire Nucla Mine Control Area
<br />(Portions of Sections 25, 26, 35, and 36 in T47N, R16W and Sections 30
<br />• and 31 in T47N, R15W).
<br />An Order 1-2 soil survey was completed by Claude L. Fly and Associates
<br />in May, 1979 for the 116-acre mining tract located predominantly in the
<br />SW 1/4 of Section 25, T47N, R16W. This soil survey information,
<br />submitted as Tab 9 of SMP C-008-81, included all of Mining Area 1 (see
<br />Exhibit 12-2, Operations Plan, and Exhibit 9-1, Soil Types).
<br />Two additional Order 1-2 soil surveys were completed for Nucla Mine in
<br />1979 and 1980. first, the East Pit soil survey addition, completed by
<br />Peabody Coal Company in November, 1979, is located 0.5 miles southeast
<br />of the Nucla Mine office in the SW 1/4 NW 1/4 and the NW 1/4 SW 1/4 of
<br />Section 31, T47N, R15W. This survey information, presented as
<br />Attachment 9-2A to Tab 9, SMP C-008-81, included a portion of Mining
<br />Area 3 (see Exhibit 12-2, Operations Plan, and Exhibit 9-1, Soil Types).
<br />Second, the Shop Area soil survey addition, completed by Peabody Coal
<br />Company in November, 1980, is located in the immediate vicinity of the
<br />Nucla Kline office within the E 1/2 SW 1/4 SE 1/4, Section 25 and W 1/2
<br />SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of Section 25, T47N, R16W. This survey information,
<br />iv Revised 04/11/88
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