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2.05.6 (3)(b) <br /> RESPONSE continued <br /> Section 2.04.7) . The base flow contributions in the upper <br /> portions of the drainages appears to result from the temporary <br /> storage of snowmelt water in the near-surface materials, in a <br /> process parrallel to that described as shallow subsurface storm- <br /> flow by Dunne & Leapold in Water in Environmental Planning, <br /> 1978. Mining is not anticipated to have a measurable impact on <br /> this process as the definable stream channels and their immediate <br /> side-slopes will not be excavated. <br /> The controlled release of water from the detention ponds may <br /> increase what might be interpreted as base flow in the lower <br /> portion of the drainage. A series of existing stock ponds in <br /> both Hayden and Dowden Gulch complicate the interpretation of <br /> the base flow components of these streams. Except for springs/ <br /> seeps SP-1 and SP-2 mentioned above, ground water contri- <br /> butions to the Dry Creek drainage will not be impacted by the <br />• i <br /> ne. <br />m <br />2.05.6 (3)(b) <br />(v) The location of each water diversion, collection, conveyance, <br />treatment, storage, and discharge facility to be used within the <br />permit area, , <br />RESPONSE _ <br />'The above facilities are illustrated on Exhibits K and L, <br />(Exhibits Volume I). <br />2.05.6 (3)(b) <br />(vi) A plan for the restoration of the approximate recharge <br />capacity of the permit area and adjacent area in accordance with <br />4.05.12(3). <br />RESPONSE <br />The geologic materials potentially receiving recharge water within <br />the permit area include near surface, lenticular sandstones, the <br />. upper portion of the Williams Fork Formation which contains the <br />coal seams, and the Twenty Mile sandstone which is 200 to 300 <br />feet below the coal seams. <br />