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;~ <br />S. S. Shuey <br />detectable flow. <br />flow was noted. <br />-2- <br />March 31, 1994 <br />The portal drop inlet was also monitored and no <br />The monitoring plan also contemplates monthly depth to water and <br />field tests for wells SC-1, SC-2 and SC-3. A decision was made to <br />forego the monitoring in both January and February because snow <br />conditions made access to the wells difficult and potentially <br />unsafe. If the Division is correct, and there was about a foot of <br />snow on the ground in February, then perhaps an additional effort <br />could have been made to access the monitoring points on foot and <br />perform the sampling. Somerset did not measure the snow depth <br />either time it decided to forego the well monitoring, but felt that <br />conditions at the tine warranted the decision.. <br />The Division requested that Somerset explain conditions which make <br />a water monitoring site inaccessible due to snow and frozen <br />conditions. The bottom line to this question is employee safety. <br />Somerset will not allow an employee to walk out on a frozen river <br />bank to collect a sample. Likewise, if snow is much over twelve <br />inches deep, it is not safe or feasible for an employee to walk to <br />a water monitoring station. <br />The Division and Somerset have recently met and agreed to revise <br />the water monitoring schedule. Somerset will consider the issue of <br />monitoring site accessibility when it prepares the technical <br />revision application to revise the monitoring schedule. <br />Please call if you have any questions. <br />Sincerely, <br />Jim Stover, P.E. <br />Consulting Engineer <br />cc: Walter Wright <br />