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-2- Question No. I (continued) Under Rule 2.05.5(2)(a), reclamation pleas for underground mines arc required to provide information pertaining to 'the proposed use following reclamation of the land to be affected by all surface ooeratioos and facilities within the permit arcs' (emphasis added), not 'of We land within the permit area'. In other words, maps submitted pursuant l0 2.05.5(2)(c) and 2. I0.1(3) don't have to identify the post-mining land rues of all land within a permit boundary, only the post-mining land uses of the reclaimed surface disturbances. In We case of underground mines where the surface disturbance area and permit errs an small and relatively equal, apost-mining land use map probably would have a permit boundary on it. In We case of the Golden Eagle Mine, however, the surface disturbance area is approximately 59 acres, sad the permit arcs is approximately 9,068 acres. Maps identifying the Goldw Eagle permit boundary oa a aiagle map arc prepared st a 1' = 1,000' scale. At this scale, We surface disturlunce arena arc too small to have their various post-mining land uses ideaGfied. The current approved post-mining land trse map is prepared at a 1' = 7A0' taste, which better identifies the various proposed uses. This M ~ man is being updated as Dart of ouf_nwiew W include the surface disturbances associated with various airahafta sad degas wells_ attd their t~ ~_ 'Ihe next question, concerning Mr. Krassa'e commwta is Paragraph No. 5, asked who did We CIIIA, who reviewed the CHIA, and was the CHIA right? Initial assessmwts of the PHC and CHIA were done by Kent Gorham end myself. this involved a review of the CHIA approved with the 1989 permit revision that addressed longwall mining noAh of the Purgatoire River, and the PHC submitted with the 1994 permit renewal application. Following the initial assessment, it was determined that the 1994 PHC for Goldin Eagle needed add S T t P information before the remaining CHIA work could be completed. pen av initial of the addrhoml ydro~ logic data roqursted in Stipulation No. 67, the remaining CFII:A will be completed by Kent and myself. Dave Berry has requested We opportunity to review the CHIA work due to the overlying landowner's concerns. the next question peAainod to Mr. Krassa's comments in Paragraph No. 6, regarding whether the operator has or needs additioml hydrologic data from the Rancho Escondido area. Baseline ground water information for longwall mining on the noNt side of the Purgatoirc River was provided with the 1989 permit revision. This data was derived from one water well within the permit area and six water wells outside the permit arcs These seven wells are within one mile of current mining. Additional water monitoring wells have be ienproposed by Basin Besources Basin has discussed with Raton West the possib' 'ty of using existing wells within the Rancho Escondido arcs. Basin has also discussed using existing exploration wells outside of the Rancho Escondido area, but within the permit ~ie °' area, as well as drilling new holes avithin the permit area. As the operator has yet to finalize the /rl (Z these new monitoring plans, it is not clear what the need for them is. However, as Basin has proposed them, it would appear they would be used to further monitor any potential drawdowa in groundwater levels between the mine and Rancho Escondido, as well as further monitor nay potential changes in groundwater chemistry. The next question requested we ask Mr. Ktassa for evidence verifying his comments in Paragraph No. 7 that several maps ate incorrectly plotted. At the February 23, 1994 meeting, Mr. Carl Gerity, representing Raton West, presented evidence that a discrepancy existed in the plotting of surface sad underground features on a couple of maps. Ia a letter dated February 24, 1994, Mr. Desautel, representing the operator, stated Wet We section M R comers on one map have been misplotted, and that We operator was iavrstigating We [natter. We have bew informed by telephone that We.operazor has discovered We plotting error and will be submitting a corrected map soon.