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.~/ j l ~ <br />~'~ Preliminary Adequacy I~a <br />.I Energy Fuels Corp. - Ener~rly No. J <br />Pa ae Two <br />3. Rule 2.04.7(4)(d) requires that the locations of springs and seeps be plotted <br />on a map. The Division can find no springs or seeps plotted on any maps. If springs <br />" do exist within the permit or adjacent areas, please plot them on an appropriate map. <br />~; 4. Rule 2.05.6(3)(b)(vi) requires that a plan for the restoration of recharge <br />' capacity be~submitted. The Energy Fuels Corporation has submitted an accounting of <br />~~. <br />pre-mining recharge capacity and an estimate of how this rechatye capacity will be <br />g, restored after mining is completed. The Division would like to sr'c a more quantitative <br />~' +" description of post-mining recharge capacity based on silo-specifi r, data collection. <br />•p". ~ Infiltration and aquifer testing techniques shou.id be nppLied to existing reclaimed <br />1~'~ spoils to determine if restoration of recharge capacity is possible at the mine site. <br />4~i.: <br />{ ",' <br />~•i 5. Rule 2.04.5(1) requires that a description of ground water quantity and quality <br />within the general area of the mine site be submitted. To he in compliance with this <br />.J rule, Energy Fuels should submit a quantitative estimatc~of~the amount of water that <br />is pumped daily from both their underground and surfac'c mining operations. Also, the <br />chemical quality of this pumped mine water should he determined. <br />6. Rule 2.04.7(1) requires a description of thn_ around water hydrology (or the pro- <br />posed permit and adjacent area. Energy Fuels has c)esrribed a (ault.system that runs <br />through the proposed permit area. since they have proposed to un~lcrmine this fault <br />system, and this fault system intersects both Foidel an r7 Middle Creeks, additional <br />hydrologic data will need to he gathered to enable the Dr vision to zeaonably assess <br />hydrologic impacts. Information that needs to br_ gathered should include subsurface <br />fault mapping, transmissivities and storage coefficients, degree of hydrologic <br />connection between Foidel and Middle alluvial system.; and the fault zone, and water <br />quality. When this information is gathered, ground waLCr modeling techniques should <br />be applied to the fault zone to assess the hydrologic impacts of the mining proposal. <br />7. Page 4.05-50 of Energy Fuels' mining application sta F_r.: that, "The ground w.~tor <br />monitoring program described under Rulc 2.05.6(3) will Lc supplcmen Ced by monitoring <br />programs performed by the U.S. Geological Survey and the (i;DA .Science and Education <br />Administration to observe and document ground water levels, recharge rates, Clow <br />rates and water quality in alluvial and bedrock ar{uiCers". Energy Fuels should he <br />more specific about these monitoring programs. Information required should include <br />scope of research, locations of monitoring wells, and results .an r] conclusions <br />formulated to date. <br />2.04.9 Soil Resource Information <br />1. The applicant stated that the topsoil stockpiles hn ve. been seeded to Rye. P1hat <br />is going to be seeded, if anything, once the Rye dingy nut:' If the stubble from the <br />Rye is to he utilized a; protection, how ]onrJ rlnes r:hr• aJ,plicanC estimate Chi.^, will <br />be effective? <br /> <br />