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E-23 <br />• leakage detection system. Consequently, no impacts to ground <br /> water quality from the evaporation/process ponds are expected. <br />The proposed mine operation will require approximately 169 acre- <br />feet/year. The :proposed plan is to withdraw water from the <br />Upper aquifer at an average rate of approximately 109 gpm. The <br />well location is between initial production wells, located in the <br />SW 1/4 of Sec. 26 on Sodium Lease Tract C-0118327. <br />E.8 Contingency Plans <br />Correction procedures for unsuccessful reclamation are necessary <br />in the event that revegetation attempts fail. The environmental <br />• monitoring programs for vegetation and wildlife will be used to <br />evaluate the effectiveness of revegetation, and of the impact of <br />mining and reclamation on the wildlife populations. These <br />programs have been described in the Wildlife (Exhibit H) and in <br />the Reclamation Plan (Exhibit E). <br />BLM requirements also state that contingency plans be included in <br />the reclamation plan to protect the environment and human welfare <br />from such catastrophes as flooding, fires, massive slope <br />failures, or explosions resulting from mining operations. <br />Flooding is extremely unlikely to occur at the project site, <br />because the proposed mining plan involves solution mining. <br />Prevention of fires and explosions resulting from mining <br />• operations is addressed in Exhibit D (Mine Plan). <br />