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_z7_ <br />Upon termination of mining operations, all mine surface facilities will be <br />removed, coal material will be disposed of, topsoil will be spread, all <br />openings will be sealed and a stable, protective stand of vegetation will be <br />established on the area. <br />There, pursuant to Rule 2.06.8(5) (iii), the Division finds that the proposed <br />surface coal mining and reclamation operation will preserve, throughout the <br />mining and reclamation process, the essential hydrologic functions of the <br />alluvial valley floor. <br />The operation is in compliance with the requirements of this section. <br />III. Water Rights and Replacement -Rules 2.04.7(3), 2.05.6(3) (a) (ii), <br />Portions of the application relevant to surface and ground water rights in the <br />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 that <br />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 (H.G. 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 Munger <br />Canyon mining operation, which will use water diverted from the same source, <br />is less than .07 cfs. The applicant has demonstrated that rights have been <br />secured to sufficiently satisfy consumptive water use requirements for both <br />operations. <br />The operation is in compliance with the requirements of this section. <br />IX. Probable Hydrologic Consequences and Cumulative Impacts Assessment - <br />Kulesl.Ub.bl <br />The f4unger Canyon mining operation will potentially affect surface water and <br />ground water. Cumulative impacts to the hydrologically adjacent area would <br />result from the Munger Canyon operation impacts combined with the hydrologic <br />impacts produced by other operations (namely the Dorchester Fruita Mines and <br />the McClane Canyon Mine) within the same hydrologic system(s). An assessment <br />of these impacts is presented here. <br />