2010-08-05_REVISION - C1981008 (2)

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deep Typic Hapiaguolls) are found in the mid-to lower reaches of the swales and exhibit good quality sail to a. depth of 4bout 24 inches. The fine-loamy, mixed, mesic, deep Typic Haplaquolls are found in the lower reaches of the swales and along Calamity Draw: 't'hese soils have sandy loam and loam textures to a depth of about four feet with sandy clay loam below that. The soi. were -A n classified as laplaquolls because of soiOr Ir l wetness. y However, this sotlso?rere a n UC@ US , 1:1 111 Qx 5 5 in forme in o e swales. Fair to good qua y tile 3 s n h' ckness r m .2 to over Stipulation No. 11.. Reincorporate the baseline information rand maps ecovery rompthe old P abody permit concerning Nucla East topsoil delsignation into the New Horizon Mine 2 permit document. vegetation. Wildlife and Land Use Five vegetation communities are found in the present HoriZOn Mine u1 permit area: annual grains and hay (agricultural), grassland, Junfper, and grassland Tcom hemuplatld5sdgebruShate. The grassland community is an community dominates on lands not disturbed by agricultural practices. The juniper community covers 1.8 acres. This aitype faifa5haytmeadaw?n Utahcguniper sub-type as the herbaceous understory is trees are well scattered. The riparian community covers. 1.9 acres and occurs along drainages. Six general vegetation types are found on the New Horizon Mine 2 area: Irrigated pasture, irrigated hayland, irrtgated cropland (small grains), swateldrainage, sagebrush/grass, and various miscellaneous Thepas elated to, old farmsteads, abandoned orchards, and disturbed areas. New Horizon.1 area is more intensively used for agricultural purposes than he aNew nd Corizo d) Mine t area was. Irrigated agricultural land (pasture, hay land, comprises 130.9 atrvegetation 5typecaccountshforo56.32acres, or 25.6ipercent of The Swale/drainage the total proposed permit area addition, while the upland area sagebrush grass type covers 24.1 acres, or 11.0 percent. Miscellaneous types account for the remainder of the land area (8.6 acres, or 3.9 percent), The New Horizon Mine lpt area oteS? foxr, mu?endeer?aelk (lndthe winte?) and variety of wildlife including coyotes, numerous bird species, Descri tion of the 0 grations and %LM tiara Plan New Horizon Mine I The presently permitted 145.7 acres was affected my New minin9 activitiesencomPa. .,pre-1&a:'..Spoils existed when Peabody acquired the mine in 1963. These areas and were ivie f 1in conjunction removedeatsaicombined totaliofs311,7$01tons6from inclutsive of 1988. coal _10-