Show Ni lE l fe E M. M V J 1 fe feLi Li r rr r. r r M 1 M fi COLLECTING SOIL samples at the Tosco Sand Wash oil shale tract are left to right Richard Foster soil scientist Richard Hogland student trainee and Tom Rice soil scientist Vernal of office office fice r j r 1 r I S r 2 I. I I SOIL STUDY REPORT of the Tosco Corporation Sand Wash oil shale area has been made by the Vernal Soil Conservation Service Service Ser Ser- vice office A formal presentation of the report was made last week by Ron Dudley chairman of the Soil Conservation District left and Tom Rice soil scientist to Joe Merino manager of Tosco's Sand Wash Project right Soil survey report made on Tosco oil shale tract A soil survey survey- report of the Tosco Corporation Sand Saud Wash oil shale area has been made by the Vernal office of the US U.S. Soil Conservation Service according to Bry ant L Brady district hd R m Soil Conservation District Board chairman In e early 1977 arrangements for the soil study were made with Joe Merino Tosco's Sand Wash Unit manager Tosco donated to the project and anda a contract was signed to map and provide interpretive information on a acre tract The report describes the land soil qualities The soil conservation report will help Tosco plan for the development of the oil shale natural resource area in an orderly manner while maintaining or improving the environment said officials TilE TIE INFORMATION contained in inthe inthe inthe the report includes soil properties such as texture depth rock fragments and Each soil was assigned limitations ranging from slight to severe seas seas' a. a topsoil a ps p's il s source u construction site roadbed or other specific development These interpretations interpretations in in- provide the land u user er a first indication of the necessary economic inputs of the resource area to tobe tobe tobe be developed Additional information such as salinity alkalinity and present vegetation was included in the report This information will aid in the of disturbed sites Control of erosion and maintaining air and water quality have a sound basis in the information contained in the soil survey report |