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located on Lot 50 of Skull Creek Estates for the commercial purposes of dust control and suppression <br /> on the pads and the County Road 104, approximately 3 miles which they are proposing for ingress and <br /> egress. The application of such massive amounts of groundwater will require the Strip Mine to pump <br /> water continuously to fill the tankers used for dust control, and most certainly will exceed the 15 g.p.m. <br /> and/or 1 acre foot per year restriction placed on residential wells in the area. Use of the water from <br /> this residential well will prove to be excessive extraction of the groundwater, i.e.,the sole source of <br /> water for all residents of Skull Creek, and will adversely affect the groundwater table, especially in <br /> times of drought. <br /> Referring to Well Permit 83819-F, issued 11-18-2019, "CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL", Condition 1) <br /> States "This well shall be used in such a way as to cause no material injury to existing water rights..." <br /> The Skull Creek Residents contend that use of this permit under the stated conditions of approval shall <br /> cause material injury to the Skull Creek Residents by depleting the existing water table,which is <br /> already threatened by drought conditions, and further poses a threat by way of introduction of <br /> contaminates to the ground water,which is the sole source aquifer to the residents of Skull Creek, and <br /> further poses a threat to contamination of the ground water by way of, but not limited to, exposure of <br /> uranium tailings to both ground water and surface water by disturbance of the soils in the area. (See <br /> Paragraph 2, below,for further information on the existence of uranium in the excavation area.) <br /> Also see"Hydrology Report",JFM Consulting, attached hereto. <br /> C. SKULL CREEK RESIDENTS ASSERT SENIORITY OVER THE WELL PERMIT 83819-F, ISSUED <br /> ON 11-18-2019. <br /> Permit 83819-F, Conditions of Approval 4) states "The issuance of this permit hereby cancels permit no. <br /> 126165. Therefore,the new permit 83819-F may not be grandfathered in as to seniority. <br /> d. SKULL CREEK RESIDENTS SPECIFICALLY OBJECT TO THE USE OF WELL PERMIT 83819-F <br /> FOR THE USE OF DUST CONTROL FOR THE SUBJECT STRIP MINE AS IT IS INADEQUATE FOR THE <br /> PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT WAS PERMITTED. <br /> Permit 83819-F, Conditions of Approval 5), 6) and 7) state: <br /> 5) The maximum pumping rate of the well shall not exceed 15 GPM. <br /> 6) The annual amount of ground water to be withdrawn shall not exceed 1 acre foot. <br /> 7) The use of ground water from this well is limited to industrial use (dust suppression). <br /> The dust suppression mandatory for the strip mine includes not only the mine site itself, but also by <br /> way of mandate by Moffat County Road and Bridges, approximately 3 miles of Moffat County Road 104, <br /> currently a dirt/gravel road traveled only by residents of Skull Creek. <br /> Skull Creek is high desert. The general soils condition is clay and silt fines,with occasional pockets of <br /> more sandy or slightly loamy materials and gravel. The soil conditions are difficult to effect dust <br /> control with application of water, even in later winter and spring conditions, and near impossible in <br /> Skull Creek Homeowners Objection <br /> March 17,2020 <br /> Page 2 <br />