2020-08-07_REVISION - M1980244 (7)

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NEWMONT GOLDCORA 2.1.2 Arequa Gulch The activities associated with Amendment 13 are located in Squaw Gulch and will not affect the water quality in the Arequa Gulch drainage. 2.1.3 Gold Run Gulch Gold Run Gulch is a small ephemeral watershed flowing southwest into Cripple Creek between Arequa Gulch and Squaw Gulch. There are no surface water flows observed in the drainage. No monitoring, as CC&V operations and in particular Amendment 13 activities are not expected to impact Gold Run. 2.1.4 Squaw Gulch VLF2 Phase 3 will be constructed in Squaw Gulch although additional impacts to the Squaw Gulch drainage are not expected as the new construction will be on previously disturbed areas. 2.1.5 Poverty Gulch Poverty Gulch is an ephemeral tributary to Cripple Creek that has historically exhibited flow only during significant precipitation events.The activities proposed by Amendment 13 are not expected to impact the Poverty Gulch drainage. 2.1.6 Cripple Creek The activities associated with Amendment 13 are not expected to impact the water quality or surface water monitoring locations in the Cripple Creek drainage. 2.1.7 Grassy Valley There are no proposed activities in Grassy Valley resulting from Amendment 13. 2.2 Groundwater Information Information on regional groundwater, including identification of tributary water courses, wells, springs, stock water ponds, reservoirs, and ditches within two miles of the Affected Lands Boundary, are shown on Figure G-1. The regional groundwater system is intersected by the Carlton Tunnel, which conveys regional groundwater six miles to the southwest, to its outlet near the confluence of Fourmile Creek and Cripple Creek. An evaluation of the effects of overall Cresson Project activities on groundwater was provided in Amendment 11 documentation (December 2015). The activities proposed by Amendment 13 are not expected to fundamentally Cripple Creek&Victor Gold Mining Company Exhibit G Cresson Project Amendment 13 4