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includes the following: (4.05.13(2)) <br />a. Baseline data and results aze included in Appendix 4-3 of the permit. <br />b. NPDES sites (sediment pond outlets) are monitored and sampled in <br />accordance with the requirements of CPDS permit COG 850027. <br />c. Three springs, Nos. 1, 3, and 4, will be monitored semi-annually for full suite <br />water quality parameters, flow, temperature, pH, and conductivity. <br />2. The applicant will conduct monitoring of ground water in a manner approved by <br />the Division. The ground water monitoring plan is as follows: (4.05.13(f)) <br />a. The baseline data results are discussed and tabulated in appendix 4-3 of the <br />permit application. <br />b. Currently there are three wells that are being monitored at the Carbon <br />Junction Mine. These wells are 17B (upgradient), 94-1 (mid-mine), and 951 <br />(downgradient). These wells are monitored semi-annually for full suite water <br />analysis and field parameters. <br />D. Probable Hydrological Consequences <br />Oakridge Energy, Inc.'s Carbon Junction Mine is the only coal mine for which the <br />Division has received a complete permit application within the Upper Animas River <br />Basin of Colorado. Therefore, the Carbon Junction Mine will have no cumulative <br />hydrologic impacts. The following study relates the probable hydrologic impacts <br />of the Carbon Junction Mine on surface and ground water. Refer to the <br />Description of the Environment, Operations and Reclamation Plan Description, <br />Geology, Surface Water, Ground Water, and Alluvial Valley Floor sections of this <br />document for background information. The following assessment has been made <br />after reviewing all information supplied by the applicant, public information on the <br />area, and after making a site inspection of the proposed mine site. <br />The Carbon Junction Mine will have some on impact the quality and quantity of <br />surface and ground water during and after mining. These hydrologic impacts will <br />be minimal due to the mitigative measures which the company plans to undertake. <br />The quantity of surface water will be impacted through evaporation of water in the <br />pit, in sediment ponds and through diminished spring flows during mining. <br />Following mining and reclamation, the surface water flow rate (quantity) will <br />approach pre-mining conditions. The impacts to surface water quantity will be <br />minor given the small drainage azea involved, the minor spring flow contribution, <br />and the requirement to discharge waters from the ponds. <br />16 <br />