APPCOR10294

• Permit No: C2006085
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 12/12/2006
• Doc Name: Gary W Zak Comments
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Statement of Gary W. Zak at Public Meeting, re: Northfield Mine Project, Page 3 of 4
Extracts From
Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining
2.04 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR SURFACE OR UNDERGROUND MINING
ACTIVITIES -MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION ON
ENVII2ONMENTAL RESOURCES
2.04.7 Hydrology Description.
(1) Ground Water Information
(a) The application shall contain a description of the ground water hydrology for
the proposed permit and adjacent area, including, at a minimum:
(iii) The seasonal quantity and quality of the water within each aquifer;
(iv) Ownership, uses and location information for all existing wells, springs
and other developed ground water resources
(b) The application shall contain additional information which describes the recharge,
storage, and discharge characteristics of aquifers and the quality and quantity of ground
water for the proposed permit and adjacent areas, according to the parameters and in the
detail required by the Division. The application shall also provide well locations and
reported yields from all wells within the proposed permit and adjacent areas which
are registered with the Offrce of the State Engineer.
(3) Alternative Water Supply Information. The application shall identify the extent to
which the proposed surface (or ground) coal mining operations may proximately
result in contamination, diminution, or interruption of an underground or surface
source of water within the proposed permit area and adjacent areas for domestic,
agricultural, industrial, fish and wildlife, or other legitimate use. If contamination,
diminution, or interruption may result, then the description shall identify the
alternative sources of water supply or sources of augmentation water that could be
developed to replace the existing sources. The alternate or substituted water shall be of
a quality and quantity so as to meet the requirements for which the water has normally
been used. (See Article 83 and 92 of Title 37 of the Colorado Revised Statutes.)
2.05.6 Mitigation of the Impacts of Mining Operations.
(3) Protection of hydrological balance.
(a) Each application shall contain a detailed description with appropriate maps,
which aze prepared to the standards of 2.10, and cross section drawings, of the measures
to be taken during and after the proposed surface or underground mining activities,
in accordance with Rule 4 to ensure the protection of:
(i) The quality of surface and ground water, within both the proposed permit
area and adjacent areas, from adverse effects of the proposed surface or
underground mining activities;
(iii) The quantity of surface and ground water both within the proposed
permit and adjacent area from adverse effects of the proposed mining activities, or
where the protection of quantity cannot be ensured to provide alternative sources of
water in accordance with 2.04.7(3) and 4.05.15;
(b) The description shall include: