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<br /> <br /> 20 <br />proposed for the site since there is no mining approved to be conducted at the <br />Loadout. Bedrock groundwater will not be affected by the loadout operations. <br /> <br />Groundwater Points of Compliance <br /> <br />Rule 4.05.13 requires the establishment of groundwater points of compliance if, <br />in the judgment of the Division, the operation has the potential to negatively <br />impact the quality of groundwater for which water quality standards have been <br />established by the Water Quality Control Commission. The applicant has <br />asserted that the Loadout and its operations do not have the potential to <br />negatively impact the quality of alluvial groundwater for which quality standards <br />have been established. The operator's discussion regarding the potential to <br />impact alluvial groundwater quality is presented in Section 2.05.6(3)(b)(iii) of <br />the PAP, and a summary of the Probable Hydrologic Consequences (PHC) is <br />presented below in Section K of this document. The Division will review <br />groundwater monitoring data as it is submitted annually once the Loadout <br />becomes operational to verify the conclusions of the PHC and to determine the <br />impact on the hydrologic balance. Alluvial well RW-3 is available as a point of <br />compliance well if the monitoring data show that the Loadout has the potential <br />to impact the quality of alluvial groundwater in the permit and adjacent areas. <br /> <br />2. The applicant will conduct monitoring of surface water in a manner approved <br />by the Division. The monitoring plan was submitted under 2.05.6(3)(b)(iv) <br />and includes the following (4.05.13(2)): <br /> <br />The surface water field and laboratory parameters to be monitored are listed in <br />Table 2 of Section 2.05.6(3)(b)(iv). Surface water monitoring sites are shown <br />on Map 08, "Hydrologic Monitoring Locations". <br /> <br />Upstream and downstream monitoring stations have been established for the <br />Colorado River, Reed Wash and the Loma Drain. At the Division's request, a <br />new downstream monitoring station for the Loma Drain was established further <br />downstream of the Loadout because the original downstream site was still <br />upstream of some of the proposed disturbance. Four consecutive quarters of <br />baseline data for the original downstream site and the new downstream site were <br />collected and made part of the Loadout permit application package (Tab 3). <br />Baseline surface water monitoring consists of at least four consecutive quarters <br />of water quantity and field and laboratory full suite water quality analyses for <br />the upstream and downstream sampling sites on the Colorado River, Reed Wash <br />and Lorna Drain. Operational surface water monitoring consists of quarterly <br />field sampling results and semi-annual full suite laboratory analyses for the <br />second and fourth quarters for Reed Wash and Lorna Drain. The upstream and <br />downstream surface water monitoring stations on the Colorado River will not be <br />sampled during the operational years except on a quarterly basis for the one year <br />just before bond release so that the PHC predictions concerning the Colorado <br />River can be verified. As required by USFWS conservation measures, all <br />sediment and water that accumulates in the three sediment ponds will be