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_22_ <br />Alluvial Valley Floor Findings With Regard to Preserving Essential xydrologic <br />Functions <br />The potential for any effect on surface water quality and quantity in East Salt <br />Creek was previously discussed. Even though the potential for impact is <br />minimal, Salt Creek Mining Company has proposed to establish a monitoring net- <br />work to verify these projections and which would identify detrimental effects <br />if they were to occur. This monitoring network is established to detect changes <br />in surface and ground water within the alluvial valley floor. <br />Upon successful reclamation of the operation, the essential hydrologic functions <br />of the alluvial valley floor will be restored. Coal material will be disposed <br />of, topsoil will be spread, all openings will be sealed and a stable, protective <br />stand of vegetation will be established on the area. <br />Therefore, pursuant to Rule 2.06.8(5)(iii), the Division finds that the pro- <br />posed surface coal mining and reclamation operation will preserve, throughout <br />the mining and reclamation process, the essential hydrologic functions of <br />the alluvial valley floor. <br />The operation is in compliance with the requirements of this section. <br />VIII. Water Rights and Replacement - Rules 2.04.7(3), 2.05.6(3)(a)(ii), <br />2.07.6(2)(c) and 4.OS.IS <br />Portions of the application relevant to surface and ground water rights in <br />the vicinity of the mine have been submitted to the Office of the State Engineer, <br />Division of Water Resources. The State Engineer's Office has determined <br />that there are no problems with the operation with respect to water rights. <br />Page 2-43 of Volume I of the application contains information on water rights <br />in the vicinity of the operation. The applicant states that no ground water <br />rights (spring and wells) have been adjudicated within a three-mile radius of <br />the permit area. One surface water right is identified (x.F. McClane ditch) <br />along East Salt Creek. It is highly unlikely that this water right will be <br />impacted by the operation. <br />The applicant has secured rights for 10 cfs discharge from the Mack Pumping <br />Pipeline for use at the mine. Total consumptive use projected for the operation <br />is approximately .07 cfs. Consumptive use for the McClane Canyon operation, <br />which will use water diverted from the same source, is less than .07 cfs. The <br />applicant has demonstrated that rights have been secured to sufficiently <br />satisfy consumptive water use requirements for both operations. <br />The operation is in compliance with the requirements of this section. <br />