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• i <br />J.E. Stover 6 Associates -26- May 31, 1996 <br />Bowie No. 2 Mine <br />like the operator to commit to performing an annual full <br />suite water quality analysis for each pond's discharge. <br />Such a commitment would include the date for sampling and a <br />reference to the list of constituents shown on page 2.05-77 <br />of the permit application as those constituents that will be <br />sampled. <br />86. The hydrologic monitoring plan is presented on page 2.05-72. <br />Why are there no surface water monitoring stations on either <br />Hubbard Creek or Terror Creek? <br />2.05.6(6) Subsidence Survey, Subsidence Monitoring and <br />Subsidence Control Plan <br />Many of the detailed comments included within the following <br />discussion of Exhibit 15 also apply to the general statements <br />included by the preparer within section 2.05.6(6) of the permit <br />application text. To avoid duplication the more specific <br />comments have been included within the detailed discussion of <br />Exhibit 15. Appropriate changes to the permit application text <br />section will be necessary after Division concerns regarding <br />Exhibit 15 have been resolved. <br />(b) (i) (C) <br />The Division considers stock watering ponds to be manmade <br />structures, rather than renewable resource lands. <br />The position of the applicant presented throughout the <br />application is that no significant water resources exist within <br />the overburden or on the surface of the permit area. The <br />Division's experience in the North Fork Valley suggests that many <br />of the perennial springs and all surface runoff is appropriated. <br />Potential disruption of any of the water sources requires a plan <br />for augmentation approved by the water court. <br />As discussed under other geotechnical topics, the Division <br />believes the existence of historic and modern landslides within <br />the permit area constitutes a significant geotechnical concern <br />for the proposed Bowie #2 Mine's operation and reclamation plan. <br />The preparer is correct in observing that no specific criteria <br />are available for the delineation of specific subsidence-related <br />landslide hazard increase. This topic is better addressed under <br />the specific sections relating to stability of the operating <br />facilities, such as roads and portal benches, and the reclamation <br />plan. <br />