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An analysis of the data representing the period of record indicates areas where <br />changes could be made to streamline the sampling program and target <br />constituents which have a greater probability of being key indicators in an aquifer <br />system potentially influenced by solution mining activities. Secondly, additional <br />changes would remove monitoring constituents from the list that yield little or no <br />value to the monitoring program. Each quarterly ground water monitoring report <br />previously submitted provides a summary of the baseline descriptive statistics <br />and descriptive statistics of the operational phase specific to the individual well <br />and monitoring constituent. <br />As a result of high natural gas prices and respectively high production costs per <br />ton of soda ash, the solution mining of nahcolite will be temporarily suspended <br />and the Yankee Gulch production site mothballed until economic viability is <br />reestablished. This technical revision will address the interim status period of <br />time during which the Piceance plant remains in temporary suspension of <br />production operations and the period of time following the suspension when <br />commercial production resumes. <br />Table 3 summarizes the wells, constituents, and frequency of sampling proposed <br />for the interim status (ISl time period during temporary suspension of <br />production operations. During the interim status time period. water levels and <br />water quality sampling would be completed once per quarter for each sampling <br />