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a These values may vary depending upon the plant species proposed for revegetation in specific <br />locations (e.g., a soil with a high coarse fragment content throughout its profile may be completely <br />salvaged if used for rangeland versus cropland postmine land use). <br />The suitability evaluations, based on averages across the study area, were used for topsoil volume <br />determinations presented in the Topsoil Management Plan section of Section 2.05.4(2)(d), Topsoil <br />(Redistribution). The number of profiles on which these averages are based is noted in the Soil <br />Profile descriptions range of characteristics. The recommended topsoil salvage depths for each <br />map unit are averages of each major component of the map unit (those listed in the map unit name <br />-for both associations and complexes) as well as major soil inclusions as presented within the map <br />units. <br />12. Soil Survey Maps <br />The distribution of each soil map unit on the New Horizon Mine study area for 1988, 1996 and 1998 <br />is provided as a composite on Map 2.04.9 -1. <br />Typifying soil pedons (soil sample locations), as well as soil profile description locations are also <br />denoted on Map 2.04.9 -1. A complete soil identification legend, which identifies all mapping unit <br />symbols, is on Attachment 2.04.9 -1. A soil classification legend that identifies the taxonomy of <br />each named soil component is in Attachment 2.04.9 -2. A Taxonomic unit description of each <br />named soil component is provided as Attachment 2.04.9 -3. Soil profile data sheets and laboratory <br />data sheets for the 1998 survey are found in Attachment 2.04.9 -7.To show the status of the site <br />in February, 2008, and to define what procedures will be used for prime farmland, a new map has <br />been created: Map 2.04.9 -2 Topsoil Balance as of February 2008. <br />Revised September 2010 (PR 06) 2.04.9 -19 <br />