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URAVAN-BECK PROJECT DRILL SITE P-3 Page 3 of 7 <br />NOTICE OF INTENT TO COMMENCE PROSPECTING <br />APPENDICES To NOI APPLICATION <br />Although it is likely that all large vegetation, such as trees and shrubs over 3 ft. high, can be <br />avoided, any that must be cut down to allow access for topsoil stripping and drilling activities <br />will be stored near the center of the drill area until drilling is completed, when the debris will <br />be hauled to the Montrose County West End Landfill located two miles west and one mile <br />north of Nucla. See also 111.5. <br />Section lll. 7. J. <br />The drill site is located near the edge of a shelf that is approximately 200 ft. N. of the rim of <br />a side canyon to Red Canyon, an intermittent wash. Strata dips to the W. The nearest live <br />water is a spring located 500 vertical ft. below the drill surface or 300 vertical ft. below total <br />depth of holes. This spring is about 1.3 mi. to the NE of drill area. The Dolores River is <br />1,200 vertical ft. below the drill surface and 2.0 mi. to the E. No groundwater was <br />encountered during previous Uranium drilling in the project area (as verbally reported to the <br />Company by a previous operator). <br />Section I V. 2. <br />Appendix 8 <br />Vegetation at the Drill Site is dominated by Pinyon-Juniper woodlands, based on a site visit <br />and interpretation of recent aerial photos from the National Agricultural Imagery Program <br />(NAIP) (2006). The photo below shows typical vegetation density at the site in an area with <br />a steeper than average slope. <br />NRCS data from Soil Survey <br />C0675 - Parts of Montrose, <br />Dolores, and San Miguel <br />Counties, 2008 lists the drill site <br />as being in the Gladel-Bond-Rock <br />outcrop complex (Map Unit 45), 1 <br />to 50 percent slopes. No plant <br />species are listed for this map <br />unit, although vegetative <br />,_ 21' <br />production (dry weight) is <br />estimated to be 50-300 pounds <br />per acre for Gladel soils and 200- <br />600 pounds per acre for Bond <br />soils. Understory species W1.1 4 <br />recorded included Milkvetch <br />(Astragalus sp.), Hoary ground <br />daisy (Townsendia incana). <br />Serviceberry (Amalanchier alnifolia), Mormon tea (Ephedra trifurca), Birch-leaf mountain <br />mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus), Claret cup cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus), <br />Popcorn flower (Cryptantha sp.), Twinflower (Physaria acutifolia), and Wallflower (Erysimum