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Soil Recovery Documentation. <br />i Color photographs of the soil profile and landscape were taken to verify the thickness of <br />soil recovered. Copies of those photographs Eor each soil observation vita appear after <br />Table 95.1 on page 7a. This quality control information is used to verify soil ealvage <br />estimates predicted from the baseline soil survey, confirm soil map unit types, justify <br />salvage thickness, and evaluate soil suitability. Soil salvage occurred in advance of the <br />•A• pit during the 1995 field season (Exhibit 95.2a). All of this soil was imported into <br />stockpile GG. Observations within the mixed-brush, sandstone-derived Boils indicated <br />suitable loamy soil was salvaged down to the fractured sandstone bedrock. the thickness of <br />recovered soil ranged Erom 0.5 Eeet on ridge[ops to about 3.0 Eeet in ewale or drainage <br />landscapes. <br />SCC will continue to closely monitor soil handling operations during the 1996 field season. <br />only suitable sources of soil within [he disturbance area will be salvaged [o ensure the <br />reclaimed areas are restored [o the desired postmine land uses. SCC will obtain variances <br />pursuant to Rule 9.06.2(2) and Permit C-S2-057 whenever suitable soil cannot be salvaged <br />exclusively Ezom any map unit because of equipment limitations or operator safety concerns. <br />• Soil Redistribution Thickness. <br />SCC ie required by Permit C~82-057 and Section 4.06.4 (21 (bl of Colorado's Aegulatione for <br />Coal Mining to document and record the soil redistribution thickness for each reclamation <br />block using a minimum sampling intensity of one hole per Eive acres. The eoil replacement <br />thickness information is used to adjust soil ealvage depths, iE necessary, and for bond <br />release purposes- Soil replacement thicknesses were measured August 31, 1995 Eor reclaimed <br />areas which had soil replaced during 1995 (16.3 acres). These samples were taken during a <br />CDM6C inspection by Barb Pavlik and Roy Karo. Data was collected Erom twelve sites. Soil <br />thickness for the 1995 reclamation blocks ranged from 1.2 to 1.E Eee[ ae listed in Table <br />95.1, p.7. The mean soil replacement thickness for 1995 was 1.4 feet. <br />Spoil Sampling in the Lennox Coal Ou [crop Area. <br />No final grading was conducted in any portion of the Lennox Coal outcrop area during the <br />1995 field season. Therefore, no spoil samples were collected. <br />2 <br />• <br />