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EXHIBIT B: Site Description <br />(a) Vegetation and soil characteristics: <br />The potential vegetation is about 70 -85% grasses and grass -like plants, 10 -15% fortis and 5- <br />15% woody plants. The dominant tall warm season grasses are prairie sandreed, sand <br />bluestem and switchgrass. Blue grama dominates the understory. Important cool season <br />grasses and grass likes are needleandthread and sun sedge. The grasses range from 2 inches <br />to 30 inches in height depending on variety. Key forbs and shrubs are American vetch, <br />pacific peavine, purpose prairie clover, western sandcherry and leadplant. The diversity in <br />plant species allows for high drought tolerance. Plant litter is properly distributed with very <br />little movement off -site and natural plant mortality is very low. <br />The land is labeled as Altvan fine sandy loam and Nunn loam, both with 0 to 6 percent slope. <br />The down -slope shape and across -slope shape for both loam types is linear. The depth to <br />the water table is more than 80 feet. <br />The soil for the Altvan sand is 0 to 6 inches fine sandy loam; 6 to 22 inches, sandy clay loam; <br />22 to 27 inches, sandy clay loam, and 27 to 60 inches, gravelly coarse sand. The soil for the <br />Nunn loam is 0 to 7 inches: loam; 7 to 23 inches, clay loam; 23 to 60 inches clay loam; and <br />60 to 64 inches, sandy clay loam. <br />The topsoil with proper fertilization, mulching, and seed bed preparation is suitable for <br />revegetation to the native grass species recommended by the local NRCS. Below the sandy <br />loam topsoil is located a sand to gravel deposit estimated to be 6 to 10 feet deep. <br />Available water capacity is low. This unit is used as dryland crop but will be reclaimed with <br />native grass. <br />(b) There are no permanent man -made structures within two hundred (200) feet of the <br />affected area. <br />(c) There are no natural water resources in the proposed area. <br />(d) A wildlife statement is not required per Rule 6.3.2 for a Section 110 Permit. <br />