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New Horizon Permit Review RN7 Prepared by: R. Reilley Page 1 <br />Date: January 2018 Document Location: M\\Coal\rar\MidTermReviews <br />My review of the permit with respect to these Rules follows. Adequacy review items <br />are bulleted (). <br />Rule: 2.04.4 (1-2) Cultural and Historic Information <br />This item is adequately addressed in the permit. <br />Rule: 2.04.7 (2) Hydrology Description/Conditions <br />This is a review of the surface water related sections of the Hydrology Conditions <br />and includes: <br />a. Surface water flow rates <br />b. Water quality data <br />c. Waterbody locations and discharge into water bodies. <br />Section 2.04.7 of the permit presents the hydrologic description and conditions. <br />Baseline surface water monitoring results are also discussed and tabulated in this <br />Section 2.04.7 of the New Horizon application. Current surface water monitoring <br />consists of monthly field parameters and semi-annual full suite water quality <br />samples. Maps 2.04.7-1A, 2.05.3(3)-1 and 4.05.18.1 were updated 2017, as was <br />information on collection ditches and culverts (Section 2.05.3(3). <br />A current permitting action, TR77; is in process of updating the surface and <br />groundwater monitoring plan. <br /> Adequacy <br />1. Until final decision on TR77 the adequacy of compliance with this rule <br />remains open. <br />Effects of spoil springs on downstream receiving waters have been deemed not <br />significant. All probable impacts have been determined to be of a relative short- <br />term nature, of minimal significance or, a plan has been presented to mitigate any <br />springs determined to have some significance. As a result, mining affects to <br />current land uses should be minimal. A detailed report is included in Section 2.04.7 <br />and Table 2.05.6(3)-1 of the permit application. <br /> <br />Rule: 2.04.8 Baseline Climatological Information <br />Permit section 2.04.8 provides Climatological Information. In the past the towns of <br />Norwood and Uravan hosted National Weather Service Stations recording <br />precipitation and temperature data. Also, there existed a BLM remote automated <br />weather station near Nucla at the airfield recording hourly averages for <br />precipitation, wind speed and direction and relative humidity. DRMS assumes that <br />these stations continue to record climate data.