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Exhibit Page 25 <br />The overburden, soil, and gravel are not considered aquifers in this area4. Based on the location and depth <br />of other known wells in the area, the mining activities proposed will have no reasonable potential for any adverse <br />impact. There will be no blasting at this site. <br />6. Prevention and mitigation actions: <br />As discussed above, the permit area is more than 1200 feet away from any perennial stream, and there are no <br />identified natural wetlands on or within 600 feet of the permit area. Storm water pollution prevention and <br />management actions, including erosion and sedimentation control, will be implemented as required by the Colorado <br />Discharge Permit System storm water general permit for which coverage would be required for this site if there were <br />any discharge as defined by that permit. This meets the requirement for an NPDES permit and covers dewatering <br />and process water as well as stone water. As there is no discharge planned, no application has been made for <br />coverage. There is no expectation of either dewatering or process water use at this site. No net impact on river flow <br />is anticipated. <br />7. Project water requirements: <br />Water use for extracting and processing aggregates from Hay Camp Pit (Combined) will be virtually zero. The <br />current permits for air quality which cover the equipment and actual pit operations (fugitive emissions) are being <br />negotiated but do not require use of watering, water sprays, or addition of moisture, so long as air quality standards <br />(emission tonnages and visible emissions) can be met. These were demonstrated as met in 2001 by CDPHE <br />inspection and EPA Method 9 readings. No washing or processing of water is planned on site. Evaporation losses <br />of water from basins will equal or be less than pre-mining transevaporation losses from vegetation. <br />Colorado soil management and conservation rules will be implemented to protect surface and ground water quality <br />and improve watershed management. <br />8. Prohibited actions necessary to protect water systems: <br />None known at this time, other than compliance with Crest management practices, which forbid the discharge of <br />heavily sediment-laden waters and implementation of spill control and countermeasures actions to prevent <br />discharge of a spilled substance. <br />9. Wetlands information: <br />US Department of Interior, National Wetlands Inventory Map, Boggy Draw Quadrangle, 1998, identifies only two <br />wetlands within 1500 feet of the proposed permit boundary and none within the permit area. The two identified are <br />on the banks of the river and are classified as "Riverine, Upper Perennial, Unconsolidated Shore, Temporarily <br />flooded" and are located on the Dolores River. No impact is anticipated. <br />10. Floodplain information: <br />There is no portion of the permit area which has been identified in a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)S or other <br />document as a floodplain. <br />11. Water permitting information <br />Please refer to Exhibit M for additional information. The Applicant does not plan to obtain coverage under a <br />Colorado Discharge Permit System permit for discharge of storm water, dewatering flows, and process water, <br />because there is no production of dewatering flows or process wastewater, and there is no discharge of storm water <br />from disturbed areas, exposed minerals, or wodc areas as defined for CDPS permitting. The CDPS permit is the <br />equivalent of an NPDES permit for the state of Colorado. <br />4 Per conversations with Soil Conservation District personnel. <br />5 Prepared by Federal Emergency Management Agency, Flood Insurance Administration <br />