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~~-. <br />• <br />;==~,~ unftedstates spa 6°0 Industrial Blvd., <br />~ Deear:ment of Conservation <br />~~ De 1 to , <br />`'~~w~ Agncunure Sernce Colorado 81416 <br />October 10, 1980 <br />Cheryl L. Wehmznen, Coordinator <br />Permits and Compliance <br />Arco Coal Company <br />5:5 Seventeenth Street <br />Denver, Co 80217 <br />_ r <br />RE: Atlantic Richfield Mt. Gunnison Mine <br />OSt4 Permit App 1 i cati on <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 4164, are as follows: <br />02 Torriortfients-Naplargids Complex, very stony, 0 to 12~ slopes <br />109-E Absarokee-Work loam, on 6 to 26~ slopes <br />101-F Beenom-Absarokee complex, on 20 to 60~ slopes <br />' SBN-F Fughes loam on 25 to 65~ slopes <br />R-1 7orriorthents-Rock outcrop, sandstone complex on 20 to 70"- slopes <br /> <br />A brief description of each of the mapping units is attached. <br />None of the mapping units meets the minimum Soii requirements as. identified <br />by cooperative effort of Colorado State University Experiment Station and the <br />Soil Conservation Service for prime farmland. <br />Please contact me if you have additional questions concerning these soils. <br />Sincerely yours, <br />, <br />L. D. Short, District Conservationist <br />cc: Delta Soil Conservation District <br />~~ <br />