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S. Based on Exhibit the Division will be bondingfor bacViill ofponds until the necessary water <br /> rights are obtained.Please provide a reclamation map depicting no ponds in the instance that upon <br /> final reclamation water rights have not been secured and groundwater cannot be exposed.If no <br /> groundwater is exposed no fringe areas will be necessary.Label F-2 <br /> A new map, Map F-2,is attached to this response. This new map shows the reclaimed pits being no <br /> deeper than 4990', and therefore not exposing any groundwater. <br /> 6. Make a notation in the narrativeportion of the reclamationplan that if water rights are not secured <br /> then no ponds will be constructed and land will appear as in MapF-2. <br /> See the revised pages of Exhibit E that are attached. <br /> 7. Until water rights are obtained the Division will calculate the bond using only the dry rangeland <br /> mix as the fringe mix would be impractical if notponds are created. <br /> Noted. <br /> Exhibit F—Reclamation Plan Map <br /> 8. See comment#4 <br /> Noted. <br /> Exhibit G—Water Information <br /> 9. During the inspection on August 3,2016the referenced well was observed.It appeared to still be <br /> open.Please address. <br /> This well (Specialty Well No. 1)was installed by the landowner in 1999, and is used as monitoring <br /> well Given the proximity of the well to the river, it is highly unlikely that dewatering activity <br /> associated to mining will negatively affect the well level <br /> 10. Yourprevious response was inadequate.Recently the Division has emphasized mediation measures <br /> for pits that reside in high liability floodplain areas to preventpit captures by rivers.The Division <br /> is concerned that during high water(100yr.flood events)that the water will overtop the banks and <br /> the pit will become inundated.During the inspection several of the areas depicted to be within a <br /> min ingphases showed evidence offlooding or adjacent to riparian area thatfloods.Likewise <br /> google earth images(specifically 612014)show areas underwater that were observed above water <br /> at the time of the inspection.Please address howyou will mitigate for a I00yrf food event and <br /> maintain hydrologic balance. <br /> An inflow/outflow structure will be installed along the existing primary inflow path that connects <br /> the river to the site. As can be seen in the baseline contours on Map C-2,there is a naturally <br /> occurring inlet route that flooding of the river has created going towards the planned Phase 1 <br /> mining area. The inflow/outflow structure will be installed on the north end of this inlet point once <br /> the mining highwall reaches the extents shown on Map C-2.Whenever the river level rises, it will <br /> first inflow into the low areas along the river, as it has naturally done so far. Once it reaches the <br /> base level of the inflow/outflow structure, the structure will be its exclusive route into the pit. The <br /> structure is designed to facilitate filling the entire mining pit until it is equal to the river level, which <br /> is a flow of 27 CFS. <br /> Once the pit has filled, the structure will continue to act as a connecting structure until the river <br /> level falls below the structure. Because the river side of the structure is a basically flat area that has <br /> been frequently flooded by the river historically, it does not need any armoring. The pit water level <br /> will drop below the structure at a same pace as the river does, following a flood, and thus there will <br /> not be a large hydrologic gradient difference between the river and pit. As the water recedes back <br />