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<br />The runoff from upland undisturbed areas is routed through the sediment ponds
<br />and treated along with disturbed runoff: For all ponds storing more than two
<br />acre-feet of water without any means of discharge, the acquisition of water
<br />storage rights is required. For all ponds at the Trapper nine which exceed
<br />two acre-feet of dead storage, the applicant has applied for water storage
<br />rights and evaporation losses for dead pool storage in District 6 Water Court.
<br />The applicant has committed to satisfying the requirements of Rule 4,05,6(9)
<br />and obtaining written approval of the Division prior to removal of any
<br />sedimentation ponds,
<br />Stream Channel Reconstruction
<br />Rules 4,05,4 and 4,05,4 includes performance standards for stream channel
<br />reconstruction, The applicant has submitted information (Section 4,8.1,3 -
<br />Post-mining Surface Drainage, Map M12, and Map M14) concerning the
<br />reconstruction of disturbed stream channels. The applicant has committed to
<br />reestablishing channels in all disturbed drainages after mining, Specifics of
<br />channel reconstruction are delineated on pages 4-180 and 4-181 of the permit
<br />application.
<br />Alternative Water Supply Information
<br />During the course of the original permit review questions were raised as to
<br />whether the mine would affect the amounts of water into the Loudy-Simpson dam
<br />or the McNamara ditches, It was determined that the Loudy-Simpson dam is not
<br />an actively used structure, nor are there any water rights associated with it
<br />which would be affected, The McNamara ditches are fed entirely from a ground
<br />water well and have no corresponding surface water right. Therefore, these
<br />concerns were alleviated.
<br />Monitoring
<br />The applicant has committed to monitoring of the surface water quality
<br />parameters of total suspended solids, salinity, pH, total iron, and oil and
<br />grease at surface water monitoring stations .
<br />A potential exists for ground water to seep into surface water systems. It is
<br />probable that ground water contributions to the surface water system will be
<br />small. However, it is possible that parameters other than those proposed for
<br />surface water monitoring may enter the surface water system in detrimental
<br />concentrations. For this reason, the applicant has committed to monitoring
<br />four sites, twice annually, for aluminum, arsenic; barium, boron, cadmium,
<br />chromium, copper, iron, lead, pH, manganese, mo]ybdenum, nickel, selenium,
<br />vanadium, nitrate, sulfate, fluoride, total dissolved solids, conductivity,
<br />temperature and Radium 226.
<br />The operation is in compliance with the requirements of this section,
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