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<br /> <br />In Exhibit G of Battle Mountain's application there is a <br />lengthy discussion of the expected impacts of its operation on <br />both surface and ground water systems, and a detailed description <br />of its monitoring system on such water systems. However, Battle <br />Mountain fails to provide, either in Exhibit G or in any other <br />part of the application, an estimate of the project water <br />requirements or the water rights and water sources it intends to <br />use to supply the project water requirements. Rather, Battle <br />Mountain merely states that it "will obtain an augmentation <br />plan." (Page G-52.) As of the March 22, 1989 hearing, however, <br />no such plan had even been filed with, let alone approved by, the <br />Colorado Water Conservation Hoard. Consequently, the impacts of <br />Battle Mountain's operation on water systems cannot be evaluated <br />by the MLRD since such impacts are not fully disclosed in the <br />application. <br />Colorado statutes and MLRD rules require an operator to <br />submit a complete application before approval can be ot~tained. <br />Pursuant to C.R.S. § 34-32-115 (1984 Repl. Vol.), "[t]he board <br />shall grant the permit to an operator if the application complies <br />with the requirements of this article and all applicable local, <br />state and federal laws. The board shall not deny a permit, <br />except for one or more of the following reasons: (a) the <br />application is incomplete." See also 2 C.C.R. 407-1, <br />Rule 1.5.4-.5(1). <br />-3- <br />