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yr n, zoo4 <br />Page 2 <br />This is ao area of very steep slopes, thin soil with s conifer treea.lt is hard fa' me m see <br />hrm he plans ro diveR the stream around his processing site,, as the streams [bete ate aheadY irucisnt ~Y <br />(Fgme I), and aaoring them tvtll trxpaire a good seal of ~aiog rust ol'all, and will caave a gaga deal of <br />disroptitn when turbid stca'm-water ronolf cartyingfines acct mct dtunp iala t~earGeek duri»g aaa adier <br />such reloraflca . <br />Under the C9ean WaterAd I doubt N the propt~sed divasicn of the smart and the 1w7ding <br />d'a small "' will bo trdegnatdy capatge of couoaing the raising fines and aasled parfrdes <br />that may be mowed by storntwater.. <br />A pesmit404 firm[ the ifs corps of Eogineera giving permission m fill the dtaiuage ways <br />meatiatedbuehas tax beau eo~t. <br />An additiaml water problem w,ll,estdt fium Wdl's need m bring in some 30,000 gallons of,~ <br />wear perday fm ihtst txwttd to this sma0 betbnck area. In 5 days this vdtaore is 150,000 gallatx, and <br />600000 in a maWh. Quite a lotof water tnae thm the tranrwl predpitatiw provides. iNr Wdf says tx <br />maynaodtadigafinede~,dorrassan"tos0otemiawatetnearOteplaa[sioe^(p.18). Wheae?7Lespxeis <br />very camped. If qae ephemera[ creeks during stones do tat oretde a ptt>bletn Far Nocdt Cl~eu't~txk, Brie <br />large volwne anew water damped regalarty m the site wiu caWidy tlo so! This acxhm ccacubatcs 0te <br />pmblem tesulhrtg from retoca6tig small streatos meotianod above and diggutg a sealing pond. <br />Undtrthe dean WaterAd has aayrne rrlculated the anon[ of waste rork, mi>cerals and heavy <br />tnemLs this operation will praduceia the Clem Credcdtanrage? I tb not rase arty ttamoaaer®g this <br />pollution pmblcm in proposal bt-2004-0G7. Cleatiy Base wanar ptubtans will have wasidetable <br />rmironmental impraci, and the ioformaticst about each impacts is larking here <br />I tarothat the CDPSst~m-water permithas ootbeen agtplied Fa: Storm-water damage ro Clear <br />Cttoe$ is a good teases why such a permit might be denied. A real tosses is that there is very lisle room <br />bdrwaea the clitfa and the Hiway a~ the river for mt adequate "settling basin ar "Hood (stasge) pond a <br />cistern^ m con(rd Ore storm-water sad etoaaion m~tF ftam ~ mine area. <br />How is the srotm-water ftaun ~e mrae std piamt area gatttg to txoss lfiway 119 sad <br />enter North ChsrrCree>;'1 is the eadsting passage under ffiway 119ade+quate for atl 4x new suxmwater <br />runoff, (std iror3ce(l waters for dust txattrd) acme of which is gtu~; to aantain meth none saspeaded solids <br />rhea now'f What is that passage? ]f is is acalvert, is it big eaough2 <br />1f the mining will impact part of (SW 1/4 SW 1!4 Sec. 23) Cottonwood atdch, this is no <br />"e~emaal stream"1 We have wattt tights and totasuteaaot data, a~ axis stream flows mnCmtat~iy in <br />aIl season. <br />RFSTOltAl7tlN <br />la as touch as the project is this proposal toes not seem ro lmve no end, it is impalas[ ro ktaw <br />what (in what year) and where (n Segioa¢ 25, 26,"and 23) reawrasion will begin. The puopasal does nd <br />sweat to tell us (except in geoaal terms about "whm the Ming is date") Whew will that be? The <br />propos;ti says Oust Mc Wolf "wiIl applyafter 10 yams, as ~ poteoflai is for 100 million roar or more". <br />The runt rainfall during the year is tmly 88 irtdaes, tat adequate fa• restoration by sued io sttoceed <br />niter mining, (.lake the sal la disnrtbed nod Doty rock is fta [min expr>su[e, it is unlikely that sees will <br />succeed and grow to maturity. Even when soil is placed on the fkater anrfaces, the sal will be thin and has <br />ra uatuml water storage capacity. When the soil is placed arlayers of the gusher fines (100.0011 cubic <br />yards peracte) ,the problem of orrntml storage capacity is waseoed because of the porosity of the crested <br />rock ( f»tes). Water wiU pen~olate eas7y thrargh this bat of roc[ fines. std the small atnaam d <br />