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Two sediment ponds are in place as previously approved by the Division and have been <br /> treating disturbed area surface water runoff under the existing permit for the Loadout. <br /> These ponds are the Truck Loop Pond (Pond A) and Railway Loop Pond (Pond B). The <br /> Truck Loop Pond was fitted with a separate secondary spillway in 1992 (a separate <br /> secondary spillway was not necessary for the Rail Loop Pond due to the size and <br /> configuration of its single spillway). Designs for these ponds are included in Volume 2, <br /> Tab 12, Appendix 12- 1 and locations of the ponds are displayed on Exhibit 12- 2 of the <br /> PAP. <br /> E. Acid-forming and Toxic -forming Spoil <br /> No coal is being mined at the site; therefore, there is no acid-forming or toxic - <br /> forming spoil. Prior to backfilling the site, all debris and coal fines were disposed of <br /> in a manner that prevented contamination of surface and ground water. <br /> F. Impoundments <br /> No impoundments, with the exception of the two sediment ponds, are approved or <br /> proposed. <br /> G. Surface and Groundwater Monitoring <br /> Information on Surface and Groundwater Monitoring is found in Volume 3, Tb 13 of <br /> the permit application. <br /> Ground Water Monitoring Plan <br /> 1. The applicant will conduct monitoring of ground water in a manner approved by the <br /> Division. Baseline data was collected in 1977 and 1978 with construction of the <br /> facility beginning in 1977. No ground water monitoring wells are associated with <br /> the TAHR addition to the permit. The ground water monitoring plan currently in <br /> operation at the loadout consists of taking samples annually from wells HGDAL 3 <br /> and HGDAL 4. Well HGDAL 3 is completed in Dry Creek alluvium downstream <br /> from the Loadout facilities. HGDAL 4 is completed in shallow alluvium upstream of <br /> the Loadout adjacent to Dry Creek, below the confluence of Stokes Gulch and Dry <br /> Creek 4.05. 13(1)). The list of parameters analyzed for both wells is found in Table <br /> 13- 2 of Tab 13 of the PAP. <br /> Ground Water Points of Compliance <br /> Rule 4.05. 13 requires establishment of groundwater points of compliance if, in the <br /> judgment of the Division, the operation has the potential to negatively impact the quality <br /> of ground water for which quality standards have been established by the Water Quality <br /> Control Commission. Groundwater points of compliance are unwarranted at the <br /> Loadout, as discussed below. <br /> 18 <br />