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Exhibit G — Water Information <br />6.4.7 EXHIBIT G - Water Information <br />1) If the operation is not expected to directly affect surface or groundwater systems, <br />a statement of that expectation shall be submitted. <br />2) If the operation is expected to directly affect surface or groundwater systems, the <br />Operator/Applicant shall: <br />a) Locate on the map (in Exhibit C) tributary water courses, wells, springs, <br />stock water ponds, reservoirs, and ditches on the affected land and on <br />adjacent lands where such structures may be affected by the proposed <br />mining operations; <br />b) Identify all known aquifers; and <br />c) Submit a brief statement or plan showing how water from de -watering <br />operations or from runoff from disturbed areas, piled material and <br />operating surfaces will be managed to protect against pollution of either <br />surface or groundwater (and, where applicable, control pollution in a <br />manner that is consistent with water quality discharge permits), both <br />during and after the operation. <br />3) The Operator/Applicant shall provide an estimate of the project water <br />requirements including flow rates and annual volumes for the development, <br />mining and reclamation phases of the project. <br />4) The Operator/Applicant shall indicate the projected amount from each of the <br />sources of water to supply the project water requirements for the mining <br />operation and reclamation. <br />5) The Operator/Applicant shall affirmatively state that the Operator/Applicant has <br />acquired (or has applied for) a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System <br />NPDES) permit from the Water Quality Control Division at the Colorado <br />Department of Health, if necessary. <br />1) Operations will directly affect surface and groundwater systems, as detailed under <br />Exhibit D — Extraction Plan, and below. <br />2) (a) Please refer to Exhibit C-1: Existing Conditions Map. <br />b) The known aquifers under the site are the stream alluvium and the Laramie Fox <br />Hills aquifer. <br />c) Please Refer to the AWES Dewatering & Basin Liner Report of 27 July 2015. <br />Discharge water will be dissipated with hard surface riprap or established grassed <br />waterways. Other waters are retained by internal pit drainage, directed by vegetated <br />berms or established waterways or through the maintenance or establishment of a <br />stabilizing cover of vegetation. <br />3) The three components of the project water requirements are water removed with the <br />product, dust control, and evaporation from exposed ground water. Dust will be <br />controlled using truck sprinklers, and the estimated frequency is one load per day. At <br />3,000 gallons of truck capacity, the annual demand is 3.36 acre-feet. After the water table <br />is encountered, the water removed with the estimated 800,000 tons of product is 23.55 <br />acre-feet per year. The estimated net evaporation is 2.76 feet per year. At the maximum <br />potentially exposed ground water of 96 acres, the annual evaporation is 263 acre-feet. <br />Varra Companies, Inc. OMLR 112 Permit Application <br />Parcel 122 — Resource Development Project 1 July 2015