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S. lv'JUild ...',ter <br />CPITICHL CUitCtRivS - <br />1'nese concerns must be resolved prior to permit issuance. <br />In Section S.4.lU of the applicatio~~ there is a discussion of mine <br />inflows. This discussion raferences Appendix III-16 for an evaluation of <br />tht; impacts or faults on the hydrologic balance. Appendix III-16 is a <br />socio-ecuno~aic study. A report on faults is located in Appendix III-S and <br />is a study conducted by Empire Energy Corp. in Plarch 1942 entitiled "The <br />Effect and Source of Water Inflow to the Eagle No. 5 fgine, 2 West ~•lains - <br />+~ (ieoloyic N55ess~nent". This study evaluated the inflow Prom the Faults <br />encuunCdreJ in tl~e West are,i. Ile re~nn't e;onclu~leU Chat the >uurcc ~.I <br />water was a sandstone overlying the "G" coal seam. :later flow rroni Ln-~~ <br />unit was expected to decrease significantly over the snort term. Td <br />prop~,•ly evaluate'Che impacts of mining the Division needs to know iF the <br />prJjectioa of uecreased inflows pro;~ed to ue corract. The applicant r.iust <br />include the report in the application and revise the mine inflow Section <br />td include a discussion of the results. <br />The probaole hydrologic consequence (PHC) section of the permit must <br />include a breakdown of the water consumption at the mines for domestic use <br />(bathhouse use), cooling water in the mine, dust suppression outside and <br />inside the mine, equipment washdown, etc. <br />The amo~.+nt of water witnurawn froar the Trout Creek sandstone at the ~kie <br />P~aza v;ell and the No. 5 mine well, along with an assessment of tr,e <br />impacts of this withdrawal on water levels in the Trout Creek sandstone <br />and in surface streams must be addressed in the permit application. <br />r.~npire Energy Corporation must address the significance of ail spring <br />flows to water use (stack watering, irrigation, domestic, wildlife <br />watering, etc.) and to surface flows iri tributaries to the Yampa and <br />4lilliams Fork Rivers. Also, the applicant roust assess the impacts of <br />mining-related depletion of spring flaws and their significance to water <br />use and surface flows. This assessment can only be mace after a comrlete <br />spring survey, as discussed in Section V of this review. <br />STIPULATIGGJS - <br />These concerns could ue ;Li~;ulaCed .,s cuiiditions to the perwil. <br />