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Water rights and associated mitigation plans are found on pages 56-57 of Section 2.04.7 and on <br />pages 94-99 of Section 2.05.6 in Volume 1. Detailed tabulations and discussions of water rights <br />and mitigation plans aze documented in Volumes S and SA. <br />The Bowie No. 1 Mine could potentially damage water rights in three ways. Water for use <br />within the mine is derived from an alluvial well field in Steven's Gulch. Drawdown of this <br />alluvium could affect flows in Steven's Gulch and in the North Fork of the Gunnison. Over a <br />hundred springs and spring-fed or runoff-fed stockponds cover the permit area, and many aze <br />found in the affected azea. Subsidence could affect the structural integrity of these ponds or <br />interrupt flow to springs. Lastly, mine inflows from streams along fractures could diminish <br />adjacent surface water flows. <br />During the permit renewal process of 1993, it had been noted [hat the Bowie No. 1 Mine was <br />consuming approximately 30,000 gpd (as proposed in their original permit application) for use at <br />the mine. In eazly 1986, they consumed 8,700 gpd. Water consumption will decrease <br />dramatically while the mining operations remain temporarily halted. This water supply is drawn <br />from a well field which taps the alluvium of Steven's Gulch. The applicant has obtained an <br />approved augmentation plan through Division 4 Water Court to replace water removed from <br />Steven's Gulch. The plan uses releases from East Beckwith No. 1 Reservoir, located in the <br />Anthracite drainage, to compensate for any injury to other vested water rights or, for this <br />purpose, the North Fork alluvium. The Bowie No. 1 Mine, through an agreement with Pitkin <br />Mesa Pipeline Company, obtains additional water 1'or mine consumption. This water is also <br />drawn from the Steven's Gulch alluvium, but under the pipeline company's water right. <br />Bowie Resources Limited proposes to replace the water supply of any legitimate water user <br />impacted by the mine until such time as repairs are instituted. The application includes specific <br />sources of water owned by Bowie Resources Limited that will be called upon. A subsidence <br />repair plan for springs, ponds, streams, and other resources is included in Subsidence Volume 3. <br />These repair plans will be modified and refined depending on future experience with subsidence. <br />The first five-year mine plan area is located in areas that do not contain many significant water <br />resources. This will allow Bowie Resources Limited to obtain subsidence and repair experience <br />prior to mining sensitive areas. <br />The State Engineer's office was consulted during the course of the application review. However, <br />no approval of the mitigation plan could be granted by the SEO since the SEO is not authorized <br />by law to approve augmentation plans. <br />Topsoils -Rules 2.04.9, 2.05.3(5), 2.05.4(2)(d), 4.06 <br />Information pertaining to soil resources and their inventory may be found on pages 67 to 69, Part <br />2.04 of Volume 1 and in the Soils Appendix of Volume 9. Information pertaining to topsoil <br />handling and redistribution may be found on pages 50 to 53 and 63 to 67, Part 2.05 of Volume 1. <br />Disturbance at the Bowie No. 1 Mine commenced in late 1975 but has presently ceased due to <br />the temporary cessation of mining. Laws pertaining to topsoil salvaging have become more <br />stringent with the enactment of each additional law. The initial development work of the Bowie <br />17 <br />