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EXHIBIT G <br />WATER RESOURCES <br />Rub 31d2.St01- e.{.7 <br />(1) <br />The operation is not expected to directly affect surface or groundwater systems. The site lies next to <br />Plateau Creek gorge and therefore contains no neaz-surface groundwater due to the steep subsurface <br />hydraulic gradient into the gorge. <br />Plateau Creek borders the east side of the permitted area. A usually-dry small west-to-east tributary arcoyo <br />borders the north boundary of the extraction azea, and separates two portions of the reclaimed pre-existing <br />quarry. Another southwest-to-northeast normally-dry tributary branch of that tributary divides the easterly <br />and westerly portions of the current extraction azea. There will be no disturbance of the W-E tributary <br />channel except the culvert & earth-fill crossing into the pit for the access road. The SW-NE tributary <br />channel will be left undisturbed until the easterly portion of the extraction azea is entirely mined out. As <br />mining extends across the SW-NE tributary channel its streambed shall be lowered considerably at a time <br />when there is no runoff and the channel is dry. A spill-down constructed of "rip rap" shall be placed at the <br />upstream (southwest) limit of the lowered-channel azea. No operations will be conducted within an <br />actively dischazging drainage channel. An unaffected small livestock-water pond lies upstream to the <br />southwest, at 750 feet outside of the permitted azea on National Forest property. <br />ro~ <br />Due to the inherent moisture in the material, little to no water is expected to be required for operations. <br />H) <br />All water for project use in dust abatement, pre-wetting, etc., if needed, shall be supplied from commercial <br />sources, i.e., the water dock at Dolores, Colorado, a 21.4-miletruck-haul from the south. <br />nn <br />A Colorado NPDES General Permit subscription is not expected to be required, since the operational site <br />shall be graded to retain runoff from the site, where it will seep into the fractured rock (avoiding <br />impounding). Operations are not expected to take place in active flow of the extremely "intermittent" <br />drainage channels. <br />lE~1 <br />-20- <br />1/3/1006 DMG772 APPL PFR%INS SANQSTGNE <br />