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<br />as a haul road and should be considered as such. All references should be <br />changed and the applicant should evaluate the road designs to ensure that they <br />comply with the haul road regulations, Rule4.03.1. <br />2. The haul road culvert designs must be presented with the permit <br />application. <br />3. Some maps do not show the light use road as being continued to Highway <br />160. If this road continues to the highway, then it should be shown as such <br />on the appropriate maps. <br />2.05.6(3) - Protection of the Hydrologic Balance <br />1. Page 2.05-44 states that additional information on monitoring can be found <br />in Section 4.05-13. No such information is found in this section. Please <br />clarify. <br />1. A monitoring program to ensure that no damage is being done to the <br />hydrologic balance should be presented in the permit application for approval <br />and implementation. <br />Rule 4 - Performance Standards <br />1. Section 4.05.2 states that the pH of the pond was reported as being less <br />than 6.0 in Section 2.04.7 of the permit application. No such information was <br />found in this section. <br />2. The Division does not feel that there is any evidence to support the <br />applicant's reasoning in discussing the development of the ]ow pH water <br />present in the pond. Furthermore, the Division feels that there is <br />significant potential for subsurface water to be causing the low pH. The <br />applicant should revise this and other appropriate sections of the permit <br />application to include a discussion of actual evidence to support the <br />statements made. <br />3. Section 4.05.8 of the permit application states that there are no <br />potential acid-forming or toxic-forming overburden present. This is not <br />correct, see comment 7 under Section 2.04.6 above, and this section should be <br />revised when addressing the above referenced comment. <br />4. Page 4.05-8 Section 4.05.11 states that no discussion of groundwater <br />protection is necessary because of lack of groundwater and lack of the <br />presence of acid-forming and toxic-forming substances. As mentioned <br />previously these areas need to be re-evaluated and this section may need to be <br />revised. <br />5. Section 4.05.13 needs to be revised to reflect a surface and ground water <br />monitoring program for the life of mining. <br />Document No. 7457E <br />