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submit to the Office an Environmental Protection Plan, the content of which is specified by Rule 6, for Office review and approval. 7.1.4 Environmental Protection Plan Requirements (1) The Environmental Protection Plan shall be submitted as an additional Exhibit to the application. (2) All information supplied to comply with this Rule 7 shall be of a scale or nature that is compatible with all other Exhibits required in Section 6.4. 7.2.2 Notification of Designation or Pending Designation by Office (1) Any time after the effective date of this Subsection 7.2.2, the Office may notify an Operator of the Office's determination that an existing or proposed mining operation is, or has a reasonable potential to be, a Designated Mining Operation. The monthly Agenda shall Notice those operations for which the Office may have any pending Designated Mining Operation considerations, and upon a determination that an operation so considered, is or is not a Designated Mining Operation, the Office shall provide Notice in the next regular monthly agenda. (2) The Office's notice to an Operator/Applicant of such a determination shall be accompanied by factual statements including a review of the permit application, approved permit application, proposed or existing metallurgical process, known site geology or geochemistry, and the most recent site inspection. 7.2.8 Plan Inadequacy If the Office subsequently finds that the approved Environmental Protection Plan is not adequate to comply with the Act and these Rules for protection of human health or property or the environment in conformance with the duties of Operators as prescribed by the Act, the Office may direct the Operator/Applicant to propose a revision to the previously approved Plan within a reasonable time. Provided the Operator is operating in compliance with the approved permit, this Office directive to propose a change shall be considered a "possible problem" and not a "possible violation", unless the time period for submission of the revision is not met by the Operator. Water Quality: It is stated within the mine plan that "...ground water is seeping into the Whirlwind mine from aquifers located above the mine workings" (Whirlwind Mine, D-4). Additionally, it is stated that "ground water is also entering azound the casing of the Ten Straight vent shaft into the Packrat mine and through open drill holes and fractures in the formation" (Whirlwind Mine, D-4). While Energy Fuels has agreed to pump excess water for