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Once excavation of new phases begins, all water from the disturbed area will drain to the bermed <br /> active mine area or the processing area sump and will not leave the site. Water that falls on the <br /> dump will be collected via each lift's catch bench and funneled to the eastern dump sump. Fuel <br /> leakage is an unanticipated problem because all fuel tanks on site have secondary containment as <br /> well as strict SPCC Plan procedures for spill prevention and control. <br /> Potential Wetlands are found within the permit area but outside the disturbed area boundary in <br /> the northeast corner of the site near the currently dry Bradford Reservoir. 227.96 acre Freshwater <br /> Emergent Wetland PEM1J and 2.01 acres of Freshwater Forested/Shrub wetland PSSA are <br /> mapped surrounding the Bradford Reservoir. Wetlands are mapped on maps C-1, C-2, and F-1 <br /> located in Appendix 2.No mining of surface disturbance will occur within 100 feet of currently <br /> mapped wetland areas; therefore, no waters of the U.S. will be affected by the operation. <br /> Two cattle water tanks are located within the mining area and are fed by buried water pipes that <br /> roughly follow on site roadways, see Map C-1 Current Conditions. Water is pumped from the <br /> Edmundson Ranch well 4162873-A; a 600 foot deep stock well. This well is approximately 3.5 <br /> miles from the site near the NE corner of the amalgamated Edmundson Ranches, LLC lands and <br /> is further pumped up onto the mesa via a booster pump located 385 feet northeast of the eastern <br /> most corner of the permit area. During mining, care will be taken when excavating near any and <br /> all buried water lines and they will be removed, as needed,to facilitate mining. Water tanks may <br /> be used during mining as processing area water storage. Reclamation may include replacement <br /> of disturbed water lines and will be determined by the land owner during the relevant phase's <br /> reclamation. <br /> According to searches on the Division of Water Resources database, there are no wells within <br /> 600 feet of the Bradford Mesa Quarry permit boundary. <br /> 2. Groundwater <br /> The Braford Mesa Quarry is located within the Arkansas River Basin as well as the Dakota- <br /> Cheyenne sedimentary aquifer. The site will mine the Eocene diabase (basalt) sill with removal <br /> of overlying Cretaceous Pierre Shale and overburden. Groundwater is encountered>100 feet <br /> below the undisturbed ground surface in undifferentiated alluvial aquifers located within the <br /> Bradford Mesa Quarry Xi <br /> August 2019 G-3 __ <br />