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<br />Exhibit I - Soils Information <br />Topsoil has been salvaged from the Gosney and Sons, Inc. <br />operation but not from prior mining operations. A site specific <br />soils evaluations was originally conducted on the areas to be <br />disturbed for the purposes of determining available topsoil <br />stripping thickness. The soils types for this site have been <br />mapped by soil scientists of the Soil Conservation Service and <br />are delineated on the accompanying map. Descriptions of the <br />soil types present follow. <br />The soil mapping units that occur on the area to be <br />disturbed are classified as the Sycle Sandy loam and the Pescar <br />sandy loam. The Sycle soil is distributed over most of the <br />area to be affected. The Pescar soil is present only along <br />the extreme westerly side of the affected area. The remainder <br />of the affected area has been denuded of soils by previous gravel <br />operations. A soils map ( Figure I-1 ) which illustrates the <br />soil mapping units within the proposed permit follows the <br />descriptions of the soil units below. <br />The Sycle sandy loam is a well drained soil that has formed <br />along gently sloping terraces of major drainage in alluvian <br />overlying river deposited cobble and gravel. In the proposed <br />permit area, the surface slopes are from about one to three <br />percent. Typically, the topsoil layer is a brown fine sandy <br />loam about t 10 inches thick The subsoil is a reddish brown <br />sandy clay loam 12 inches thick that may contain a considerable <br />percent of gravel and cobbles. The substratum is very gravelly <br />sand and cobbles. The annual soil temperature ranges from 48 <br />to 42°F., and the mean summer soil temperature ranges from 65 <br />to 68°F. Permeability in the Sycle sandy loam is moderate, <br />and the available water capacity is low. Surface runoff is <br />slow due to the gentle gradients and permeable soil, therefore <br />the potential for erosion is slight. A typical pedon for the <br />Sycle sandy loam follows. <br />The pescar sandy loam is a well drained soil that has formed <br />in. calcareous. -all-uvi-an_ ,a1mng- f loodplains and low terraces. <br />in the affected area, the surface slopes from less than one <br />to about two percent. Typically the topsoil layer is light <br />brownish gray sandy loam about 8 inches thick. The subjacent <br />layer ( C- Horizon ) is a light brownish gray sandy loam <br />stratified with loam and loamy sand about 12 inches thick. The <br />substratum is very gravelly sand. Permeability in the Pescar <br />is low. Surface runoff is slow owing to the gentle gradients <br />and permeable soil, therefore the potential for erosion is <br />slight. A typical pedon for the Pescar sandy loam follows. <br />( SLS ) Sycle Fine Sandy Loam - - Typical Pedon <br />Hearing on Permit No. M-1987-038 <br />Bayfield Pit No. 1