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William A. Bear <br />Page 2 of 6 <br />August 19, 2014 <br />8. Issue resolved; BRL updated Maps 08 and 08A as requested, and included a discussion of <br />drillhole SS -2 in the proposed permit application package text. BRL also corrected the scale <br />of Cross Section D -D' on Map 08A. <br />Rule 2.04.7 — Hydrology Description <br />Rule 2.04.7(2) — Surface Water Information <br />13. BRL has not yet responded to this issue; BRL indicated the data collection would be <br />complete in September. <br />a. In response to the Division's request for complete baseline data for the West Fork of <br />Terror Creek, BRL indicated that baseline data collection is ongoing. Please update <br />Exhibit 3 of Volume 111 to provide complete baseline data for the West Fork of Terror <br />Creek as soon as it becomes available. The Division cannot grant approval for PR -14 <br />without the baseline data required by Rule 2.04.7(2)(b). <br />b. In response to the Division's request for complete baseline data for springs, seeps, and <br />ponds, BRL indicated that baseline data collection is ongoing. Please update Exhibit 3 of <br />Volume 111 to provide complete baseline data for the springs, seeps, and ponds in the <br />Spruce Stomp expansion area as soon as it becomes available. The Division cannot <br />grant approval for PR -14 without the baseline data required by Rule 2.04.7(2)(b). <br />c. In response to the Division's request for complete baseline data for the ephemeral <br />gulches, BRL asked whether baseline information would be necessary for the ephemeral <br />gulches. The Division's Guidelines for the Collection of Baseline Water Quality and <br />Overburden Geochemistry Data suggest that ephemeral streams be sampled twice a <br />year (snow melt and a storm event), and that flow measurement frequency should be <br />dealt with on an individual basis. If these gulches will receive drainage from areas <br />proposed for future surface disturbance (gob vent boreholes and /or roadways, BRL will <br />need to collect water quality data as suggested by the guideline. BRL should also <br />observe and document flow conditions of the gulches when conducting regular <br />quarterly monitoring of the remaining surface water sites to establish baseline <br />conditions. BRL should endeavor to sample any potentially affected gulches now, during <br />storm events, to prevent delays in permitting surface disturbance in the future. Please <br />update Exhibit 3 of Volume 111 to provide the suggested baseline data for the <br />ephemeral gulches in the Spruce Stomp expansion area as soon as it becomes <br />available. <br />Rule 2.04.7(3) — Alternative Water Supply Information <br />15. BRL provided a copy of the proposed augmentation plan as requested, and indicated that <br />the best case scenario on approval of the plan would be roughly one year. The Division will <br />place a stipulation requiring approval of the augmentation plan before any mining in the <br />Spruce Stomp lease on its approval of PR -14. <br />