Laserfiche WebLink
• dater Riuhts <br />the surface and ground water rights adjacent to the Yoast mining area are listed in Table <br />16-1 and shown on Exhibit 16-i of Teb 16. The water rights inventory boundary includes <br />all water rights within a reasonable distance of the Yoest Nine. Attachment 16-1 of Tab <br />16 (Protection of the Hydrologic Belence) provides further description of the ground and <br />surface water rights and plan for augmentation. <br />Alternative Yater Suoolies <br />Table 16.1 of Tab 16 lists all documented wafer rights in and adjacent to the Yoast Mine. <br />Among the water rights listed are [hose that SCC has obtained on Grassy Creek, Scotchman~s <br />Gulch, and Sage Creek. These water rights are more then sufficient to mitigate for <br />sediment pond storage, production well use, and any disturbances to other surface water <br />rights. The potential impacts from production well pumpage is presented in Attachment <br />16-2 and a plan for augmentation for any potential water rights impacts is presented in <br />Attachment 16-1 along with a discussion of the SCC water rights that will be used for such <br />augmentation purposes. Based on the information presented in Attachments 16-1 and 16-2, <br />~ SCC has more than sufficient water rights to mitigate all potential impacts to other water <br />right holders antl the hydrologic balance adjacent to the Yoast Nine. <br />Protection and Nitioation Plan <br />The Probable Hydrologic Consequences analysis (Tab 17) did not conclude that there will be <br />any adverse hydrologic consequences from the Yoast mining. Any preexisting ponds, <br />springs, and wells that will be removed by mining have been mitigated via legal <br />agreements. A detailed augmentation and water rights plan is presented in Attachment 16-1 <br />of Tab 16 and any potential impacts associated with pit pumpage and industrial eater use <br />at the mine will be fully mitigated by this plan. <br />In addition to the mining practices designed to minimize disturbances to the hydrologic <br />balance previously discussed, comprehensive ground and surface water monitoring plans have <br />been developed to assess the possible impacts to the hydrologic system identified in Tab <br />17, Probable Hydrologic Consequences (PHC). The results of the monitoring programs have <br />and will continue to be used to support the PHf: conclusions that disturbances to the <br />5 <br />