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Apex No. 2 Mine; Midterm Findings <br />9. Sunland discusses the vegetation success data collection methodology on page 184-15 (revised <br />6/10/98). This page states that production data will be sepazated by life form: perennial grass, <br />perennial forbs, annuals and noxious species. Please indicate how Sunland proposes to treat biennial <br />species. Will they be combined with annuals or measured separately? <br />10. Attached aze recent printouts from the State Engineer's office of well permits and water rights <br />surrounding the permit azea of the Apex No. 2 Mine. To ensure compliance with Sections <br />2.04.7(1)(b) and 2.04.7(2)(a), please update Map Exhibit page 57.2 in the permit, and accompanying <br />pages, to show any wells and water rights shown on the printouts that are not shown on page 57.2. <br />11. Attached is a copy of a memo dated 11 /29/00 to the Division's Annual Hydrology Report file <br />concerning the Apex No. 2 Mines potential for dischazging mine water into bedrock aquifers. The <br />memo explains that it is probable water will discharge from the workings of the mine and form a <br />plume downgradient from the mine in a sandstone bed within the basal Williams Fork formation <br />aquifer. The plume would take a few hundred yeazs to expand out into an approximate 8-acre area <br />down-gradient from the workings where the aquifer is within economic drilling depths for water <br />wells. Sump water quality reported in the Apex No. 2 Mine indicates the plume would not cause <br />material damage to the aquifer. Please, either, add a page to the probable hydrologic consequences <br />section of the permit that predicts this plume and explains your basis for the prediction, or provide <br />the Division an explanation of why you believe such a plume will not form. <br />VI. Bonding Summary: <br />The Division holds a bond in the amount of $172,020.00 for reclamation liability at Apex No. 2 Mine. <br />This bond is drawn on Travelers Casualty and Surery Company, of Hartford, Connecticut, bond no. <br />64S 100507892BCA. <br />A phase I bond release for the backfill and grading of Apex No. 2 Mine was approved January 29, 1996. <br />The Phase I approval reduced the required bond amount for the Apex No. 2 Mine from $172,020.00 to <br />$68,808.00. <br />Please submit updates and revisions to bring the information in the permit up to date. <br />