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Tne applicant has proviuao the location of adjudicated springs :~ittiin or adjacent to the permit arez on hiaps III-1'[ ano IIl-14 of the application. In order to fully descrii,c tiie existing nydr~lrnyic system, and to project the probable hydrologic consequences of mining, it is necessary to identify all sprinys (adjudicated and unadjudicated) located ~.vithin the penait and adjacent areas. Empire I:neryy Corporation ~nusC provide a map sho+;iny use location of all sprinys within the pGr~uit and adjacent areas, as required L•y Rule 2.04.7~4)(d). Kula Z.U4.7("L)(b) requires that sufFicient data to describe the seasonal fl~ictuations of v;ater quantity and quality of the sprinys oe provided. The application contains no information on the seasonal variations o; flog:+ from the sprinys. Appendix I[I-1L contains water quality rJata For t~;o sprinys (Plorth :ipriny and South ;print'). The location of Lhese sprinys is nuL pruvi~lcd. (11' Lhcy arc Lhc •~~,riuys un I~t.,p; 111-17 anal I11-ICI Lhcy should be labeled.] L~upi m Lneryy l,urpordtiun must provide ~uunthly r~uw data, field measurements (pH, electro-conductivity dad temperature) ,Ind quarterly water quality data uF ;uajr!r ions, minor ions, ano trace ~ueLals for each sprint' :vithin the permit anrJ adjacent areas suFFicient to snow seasonal fluctuations. The applicant must also identify the potential source aquifers supplying each spring (i.e., Trout Creek, "I~hiddle" Creek, Twenlynrile or White reyioual sandsLUnus; perch ~ocali«d sandstone; colluvial or alluvial aquifers; or fault and fracture systems). " The permit application indicates that portions of the permit area are used for Flood irrigation agriculture, fanpire Energy Corporation has provided the location of surface water diversions (Map III-12), out has failed to provide the location of the irrigation ditches. The applicant roust provide a snap, per Rule 2.04.7 (4)(a), snowing the location of irrigation ditches +;ithin the proposed permit and adjacent areas. B. Ground Mater To resolve: marry of the inadequacies with the penait application submitted in February, 1931 the applicant has collected considerable ground water baseline data in order to quantify the pre-mining hydrology and the impacts of mining on hydrology. Data was collected in 19B1 and 1932 on ground water quality, water levels and aquifer characteristics. The data is presented in Nppendix III-12. Ilowever, most of the discussion and conclusions in the ground water section of the amended application is based on old data and old analyses (prior to 1981). The data presented in Appendix 111-IL :oust be used to describe the quality of water contained in each of the confined bedrock aquifers and alluvial aquifers in the permit and adjacent areas. empire [nervy Corporation n~ust rewrite Section 3.4.7, using the data to discuss ti,e seasonal fluctuations of ground water quality in each aquifer.