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T ranefcr of Yulle <br /> <br />This section is not applicable. The applicant has no plans <br />to transfer any exploratory or monitoring well for further use as <br />a water well. <br />Monitoring. <br />The proposed ground water monitoring program is described in <br />Chapter IIB of this TEA. The program will be sufficient to meet <br />the objectives of Section 4.05.13 of the Colorado Permanent Regu- <br />latory Program if the following stipulation is followed: <br />'~ ` Although the applicant has committed to monitor <br />'~ certain variables, the list presented in the mine plan <br />is incomplete. The applicant shall commit to monitor <br />~\ <br />all of those water quality variables set forth as <br />~ n necessary by the Colorado MLRD guidelines. For those <br />variables not monitored during baseline conditions, a <br />data base of one year of record shall be established, <br />with sampling performed at the frequency required by <br />the Colorado MLRD. <br />The applicant has installed one well, Well 7, in the re- <br />claimed spoil area of the original pit to monitor water quality. <br />The results show that the spoil water is made up of essentially <br />equal parts of sodium sulfate and sodium bicarbonate type water. <br />Generally, pre-mining groundwater quality in the area was a <br />sodium bicarbonate type, which suggests an increase in sodium <br />sulfate in the reclaimed area. Although insufficient data has <br />been collected to draw any firm conclusions, implementation of <br />precediny stipulations on monitoring and overburden handling will <br />aid in evaluating impacts to the groundwater resource. <br />-83- <br />