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EXHIBIT G <br />WATER INFORMATION <br />The Loloff Pit mine permit amendment will increase the exposed groundwater during the mining <br />operations. The operator has currently posted a financial warranty for the reclamation costs and has an <br />agreement with the State to post a financial warranty for the amended mine permit with the proposed <br />slurry wall construction. The groundwater impacts and the discharge capacities were evaluated for the <br />Loloff Pit Permit M-1985-112 Technical Revision No. 1 (TR -01). There are no additional wells impacted <br />other than those that have been addressed with the TR -01 and field evaluation has not located any new <br />or undocumented structures. <br />The groundwater is currently being collected by de -watering trenches and the increased area of mining <br />will not increase the total volume of water reporting to the pit. This conclusion is made on the fact the <br />slope area of the proposed mine plan is nearly the same as the slope area under the current approved <br />mine plan. With this, it is anticipated that there will not be a significant change in the discharge rate <br />required for the current mining operations. Other than the ground water, there are no other water <br />sources that will be affected with this amendment and the ground water impacts are currently being <br />mitigated with a substitute supply plan. Attached for your review is a copy of the Loloff Substitute <br />Supply Plan (WDID 0302524). Loloff Construction, Inc. acknowledges the Department of Water <br />Resources comments regarding the need for a current substitute supply plan and discharge permit, <br />which are currently in place. <br />De -watering of the pit currently occurs at the southeast corner of the pit and discharges into a drainage <br />ditch that conveys the water to the river. Any potential increase in groundwater flow to this discharge <br />point is not a significant amount relative to the amount of de -watering required currently. The <br />discharge ditch was evaluated as part of the TR -01 for the Loloff Pit. There is currently an NPDES permit <br />on file numbered COG -500375 and is permitted for an estimated average discharge rate of 3 million <br />gallons per day (MGD). <br />Attached you will find a draft copy of the requested shadow modeling for the effects of the slurry wall. <br />