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_~, <br />Pond F <br />Originally, this pond (Photograph No. 1) was designed to spill from its emergency <br />spillway directly into the Canal with a minor amount going into a cut in the CMP for <br />Deer Trail Ditch (Ditch). The controlled discharge was also designed to go into the <br />Ditch. However, after receiving complaints and concerns from Reclamation and its <br />managing entity as well as from the Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) for the <br />State of Colorado, Bowie has redesigned the pond so that spills from the emergency <br />spillway will be directed into a flume, which is on an old spur rail road bridge <br />(Photograph Nos. 9-12), that crosses the Canal and dumps the discharge downstream and <br />outside of the Canal easement corridor. Bowie has recently signed a Letter of Consent <br />with Reclamation and FMCRC authorizing the Canal crossing. The FMCRC plans to <br />sign the letter at its next boazd meeting scheduled for March 10. Design data for the <br />flume and the approaches to and from the flume on the Canal easement will be provided, <br />reviewed and approved prior to finalization of this Letter of Consent. <br />Bowie has recently installed a 3" - 397 gallons per minute capacity pump in Pond F <br />(Photograph Nos. 3 & 4) and that is intended to be used to pump water from the pond to a <br />48-inch diameter culvert under the old State Highway 133 to an undershot under the <br />Canal (Photograph Nos. 4 - 8). Concern was expressed by attendees as to the pump's <br />capability -whether or not it's big enough to do an adequate job of dewatering the pond <br />in a reasonable length of time. <br />Mine waste pile #2 is located above Pond F (Photograph No. 2). It is projected to have a <br />10-year life and has grown considerably over the past few months. Water from the wash <br />that the waste pile plugs is diverted around both sides of the pile to end up in Pond F <br />(Photograph Nos. 1 & 2). Questions concerning the pile's stability were expressed. <br />Bowie plans to submit new stability reports to the DMG in the near future. <br />Ponds C & D <br />The waste water from these ponds and haul road runoff as well as flows for a wash is <br />proposed to be channeled to bypass the Deer Trail Ditch and go over the Canal through <br />an existing 8-inch diameter irrigation pipeline (Photograph Nos. 13 - 19). A request by <br />the Bowie engineering consultant, dated March 10, 2005, indicates that Bowie would like <br />to replace the existing pipe with two 24-inch diameter steel pipes to convey all discharges <br />from these two ponds, plus the wash the ponds dischazge into, over the Canal. Bowie <br />will coordinate the request with Reclamation so a Letter of Consent can be executed prior <br />to construction. <br />Pond B <br />The discharges from the emergency spillway and controlled discharges from this pond go <br />into the Ditch and then into an 18-inch pipeline that crosses the Canal (Photograph Nos. <br />21 - 24, 28). The Ditch has been cleaned and has had a 6-inch flume installed since the <br />last site visit, which will improve flows in the Ditch (Photograph Nos. 25-27). The Ditch <br />2 <br />