BOARD00537

• Board Meeting Date: 3/21/2002
• Description: CF Section - Severance Tax Trust Fund Operational Account Recommendations
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Assessment of Remediation of Fluvial Tailings Deposits

Grantee/Contractor:

Lake County Soil Conservation District

Amount of Request:

$33,100

Ranking:

Low

Product Produced: The project conducts a water quality assessment of the unsaturated zone and
underlying groundwater in an area where remediation of fluvial tailings deposits have been
accomplished through surficial application and shallow incorporation of biosolids and limestone or lime.
The study site is in the upper Arkansas River stream reach downstream from Leadville.

Water Planning Relationship: Assessment of the effectiveness of an innovative, insitu
remediation (demonstration project) that has been applied to fluvial tailings deposits in the floodplain of
the upper Arkansas River. This water quality project has methods/techniques with presumed
applicability to other areas of the state.

Recommendati9n: Staff gives a low recommendation for funding of this project due to the water
quality nature of the project versus the water nlission of the CWCB that does not necessarily include
water quality. Staff feels that this worthwhile project would be better funded from a more appropriate
source.

A spreadsheet listing the projects and the recommended rankings is attached.

FINAL RECOMMENDATION:

No action is needed on part A or B unless you want us to change the use of the money.

With respect to Part C, we recommend that you approve the staff ranking for each project and
direct us to allocate funding based on the amount of Severance Tax available within the CWCB's
five-percent share. We will not know how much will be available until the Legislature acts on
proposals to divert a portion of Severance Tax to the General Fund and/or place a cap on
contribution into the Operational Account.

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