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ERO Resources <br />• <br />A soil survey was conducted on the B Portal portion of the Western <br />Fuels-Utah, Inc. Deserado permit area during the summer and fall of 1961. <br />This survey was to supplement the soil assessment of the entire permit <br />aria performed during 1980. The total area surveyed in greater detail was <br />about 250 acres. Soils were surveyed, mapped, analyzed and evaluated in <br />accordance with state and federal'guidelinea and the National Cooperative <br />Soil Survey standards. <br />Eleven map units were delineated on the B Portal survey area. Three pits <br />were dug during 1981 field observations. Typical profiles were described <br />and soil samples were obtained from these pits. Upon receipt of <br />laboratory data, the soils were evaluated and placed in one of four <br />classes. The purpose was to olassify the soils by suitability and depth. <br />Most of Lhe surface and subsurface soil horizons rated fair as a source of <br />topsoil material. Nithin the area to be ctripped of topsoil, estimates <br />• show that when all suitable topsoil material is stripped there will be <br />enough material to replace a layer of about 10 to 15 inches in average <br />thickness over the affected areas. <br />• <br />i <br />