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<br />Water Resources <br /> <br />The only water discharged into a waterway will be that pumped <br />from the dewatering trench. Water which seeps into the trench <br />is ground water. A gravel filter will surround the pump to <br />filter the ground water before it is discharged. Ground water <br />pumped from the dewatering trench will be monitored under NPDES <br />permit No. CO-0036200. <br />Wildlife <br />Monitoring at another Flatiron mine site indicates that mining <br />will have little effect on wildlife at the East Rigden Farm <br />other than temporary loss of portions of habitat. Phased <br />mining means that only relatively small amounts of habitat will <br />be affected at one time. The riparian habitat along the Poudre <br />is the most significant for wildlife and disturbances in that <br />area will be minimized. The site has already been heavily <br />impacted by man. Prior to purchase b- Flatiron it was used for <br />corn and livestock production by Colorado State University. <br />Since there are no state or nationally designated endangered <br />species resident at the site, there is no reason to believe at <br />the present time that any such species will be threatened by <br />the proposed actions. (See page H-1 for discussion.) <br />Topsoiling <br />Topsoil will be stripped at the beginning of the mining operation. <br />During the reclamation process for each area topsoil will be <br />E- 2 <br />