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Soils Information — <br />Detailed information regarding the soils within the permit area is located in Section 2.04.9 of the <br />Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application document. The following summary is derived from <br />Section 2.04.9 of the referenced permit document. <br />The main areas that are disturbed by operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine exhibit the following <br />soils: the Absarokee (Beenon - Absarokee Association), the Persayo, and the Torriorthents. The <br />Absarokee soil at the site exhibits a silty loam and silty clay loam texture. The soil exhibits an <br />'A' horizon depth of about 1.5 to 2.5 inches, with a combined 'N and 'B' horizon depth of about <br />22 to 38 inches. The soil is typically underlain by sandstone. <br />The Persayo soil is a silty clay loam. The Persayo soils located at the Bowie No. 2 site exhibit an <br />'A' horizon of about 1.5 inches deep, with a combined 'A' and 'B' horizon depth of about 18 to 20 <br />inches. The soil is typically underlain by the Mancos Shale. <br />The Torriorthents soil tends to be associated with rock outcrop areas, and the observed texture is <br />silty loam. The site soils exhibit 'A' horizon depths of about 1.5 inches. The typical combined <br />'A' and 'B' horizon depths range from about 6 to 7 inches. <br />The operations approved in Permit Revision No. 3 disturbed an additional 11.0 acres, one area <br />located south of Old Highway 133 and the other area located just east of the present mine <br />entrance. Both areas appear to be previously disturbed. The soils present in these disturbed <br />areas are similar to the "Meadow" soil found in other areas of the mine site, as depicted on Map <br />No. 4, "Soils ". <br />The soil that was disturbed in the construction of the Freeman Gulch vent shaft, through <br />Technical Revision No. 12, is classified as a Fughes Loam. <br />The operations approved in Permit Revision No. 6 disturbed soils that are primarily Progresso <br />Loam and Potts Loam. Bowie Resources Limited requested a variance from topsoil salvaging <br />beneath the cover fill stockpile at the train loadout area. Pursuant to Rule 4.06.2(a), the Division <br />can approve a variance for good cause shown. In this case, BRL planned on salvaging the top <br />two to three inches of topsoil and then placing geotextile fabric on the coverfill area. Removal of <br />the entire topsoil horizon would have resulted in needless damage to the soil characteristics. <br />BRL committed to taking measures to protect the topsoil resource. However, all of the cut <br />material was used in the fill so no excess coverfill material resulted from the construction of the <br />train loadout. Therefore, no variance from topsoil salvaging was needed. <br />The construction of the B -seam portal bench and the associated excavated soil storage area, <br />approved through PR -07, disturbed soils that are classified as the Absarokee loam series <br />(Beenon - Absarokee Association). <br />Vegetation Information - <br />10 <br />