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Terror Creek is a perennial stream with an aquatic community that includes some trout. The stream <br />has a high gradient channel with riparian vegetation and alluvium c onfined to narrowbands along <br />the channel. <br />Steven's Gulch, East Roatcap Creek, and Coal Gulch are intermittent to ephemeral drainages that <br />only flow part of the year. Localized deposits of colluvial material reworked by fluvial processes <br />are present within the general area, primarily within the Steven's Gulch, West Fork T error Creek, <br />and Roatcap Creek drainages. These deposits are generally 20 to 30 acres in size and provide <br />industrial (Steven's Gulch), domestic (Long Draw), and agricultural (Morrell Cow Camp) water <br />sources (Section 2.04.7 of Volume 1). Several smaller occurrences of saturated alluvial/colluvial <br />deposits are associated with the streams in the permit area; however, none of these is currently <br />supporting agricultural use. <br />The flow of water in Terror Creek and in the North Fork of the Gunnison River is strongly <br />influenced by irrigation structures along these stream courses. The Overland Ditch intercepts and <br />distributes water from the upper reaches of T error Creek. The flowin the North Fork is controlled <br />by Paonia Reservoir and water withdrawals by several irrigation ditches -the Fire Mountain Canal, <br />Stewart Ditch, Farmers Ditch, and Paonia Ditch. In addition, there are two pipelines that will <br />withdraw venter from the Steven's Gulch Well Field. The first is currently in operation and is <br />operated by the Pitkin Mesa Pipeline Company. The second pipeline carried water from the <br />Steven's Gulch Well Field to the site West Mine portal facility. <br />There are springs and ponds within the permit and hydrologically adjacent area of the Bowie No. <br />1 Mine. It appears that most of these springs and ponds are intermittent and depend upon seasonal <br />precipitation and long-term weather patterns. The source of most of the springs appears to be <br />related to landslide complexes, faults and fractures, areas of colluvium/ alluvium where ground <br />water has accumulated, or the discharge points at the contact of the Rollins sandstone with the <br />lenticular sandstones of the Mesaverde Formation. <br />Water Rights and Replacement - Rules 2.04.7(3), 2.05.6(3)(ii), 2.07.6(2)(c), 4.05.15 <br />Water rights and associated mitigation plans are found in Section 2.04.7 and Section 2.05.6 in <br />Volume 1 of the PAP. Detailed tabulations and discussions of water rights and mitigation plans <br />are documented in Volumes 5 and 5A. <br />The Bowie No. 1 Mine could potentially damage water rights in three ways. Water for use within <br />the mine is derived from an alluvial well field in Steven's Gulch. Dravwiown of this alluvium could <br />affect flows in Steven's Gulch and in the North Fork of the Gunnison. Over a hundred springs and <br />spring -fed or runoff -fed stockponds cover the permit area, andmany are found in the affectedarea. <br />Subsidence could affect the structural integrity of these ponds or interrupt flowto springs. Lastly, <br />mine inflows from streams along fractures could diminish adjacent surface water flows. <br />During the permit renewal process of 1993, it had been noted that the Bowie No. 1 Mine was <br />consuming approximately 30,000 gpd (as proposed in their original permit application) for use at <br />the mine. In early 1986, they consumed 8,700 gpd. Water consumption decreased when the <br />mining operations were temporarily halted. Nowthat mining and loadout operations have ceased, <br />there is no water consumption from the well field. The water supply was drawn from a well field <br />11 <br />