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Surface Water <br />There were no adverse impacts anticipated on surface water quantity or quality <br />in the area of the mine. No mining activity was to occur within 500 feet of <br />the major local drainages. All drainage from the disturbed area was to be <br />controlled and routed to a sediment pond before discharge into the local <br />waterways. This plan was subsequently followed, and no impacts on the surface <br />water resources of the permit and adjacent area have been revealed by <br />monitoring. Surface runoff from the pit area, following reclamation as <br />proposed in the permit renewal application, will continue to be routed through <br />the sediment pond in order that this runoff meet applicable quality standards <br />before entering the natural drainages. As a result, there should be no <br />adverse impacts by the proposed operation on the quality as well as the <br />quantity of surface water in the area. <br />Cumulative Hydrologic Impacts <br />There are no other permitted mining operations so situated as to have the <br />potential to cumulatively impact surface or ground water resources in company <br />with the Colorado Coal Mine No. 1. If nothing but the proposed reclamation <br />takes place at the mine site in the future and runoff from the reclaimed area <br />is routed through the sediment pond as required by Rule 4.05.2(1), there <br />should be no impacts to the surface or groundwater quality or quantity in the <br />permit or adjacent areas. <br />Pursuant to Rule 2.07.6 (2)(c), the Division finds that the proposed operation <br />has been designed to prevent material damage to the hydrologic balance outside <br />the permit area. <br />VIII. Water Rights and Replacement - Rules 2.04.7(3), 2.05 .6 (3)(a)(ii)(iii), <br />There are no changes to this section. The operator is in compliance with the <br />requirements of this section. <br />IX. Alluvial Valley Floors - Rules 2.06.8 and 4.24 <br />There are no changes to this section. This Division has made a negative <br />determination for the existence of alluvial valley floors in the permit area. <br />The proposed reclamation and renewal applications are in compliance with the <br />requirements of this section. <br />X. Climatological Information and Air Resources - Rules 2.04.8, <br />2.0.42 h 2.5.6 and 4. <br />There are no changes to this section. The application is in compliance with <br />the requirements of this section. <br />-g- <br />