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-15- <br />VII. Water Ri hts and Re lacement - Rules 2.04.7 3 <br />2.05.6 3 a ii and 4.05.15 <br />A. Loadout Site <br />Srrowmass Coal Company has secured four water rights at the loadout for <br />use by the operation. Water is used by the operator for dust <br />suppression, plant washdown, sanitation, and irrigation. Although these <br />water rights are junior (having been recently issued), a plan of <br />augmentation is in place in the event senior water users require a "call" <br />be placed on the operation. The water rights discussion can be found in <br />Volume I, Section 4.6.1.3.6, with court decrees and augmentation plans <br />found in Volume III, Appendix 3-T of the application. <br />B. Mine Site <br />The mine consumes water for irrigation, dust suppression, domestic uses, <br />and coal preparation plant operations. The source of this water comes <br />from mine inflows. Snowmass has secured two absolute water rights for <br />the water pumped from the mine. A discussion of water use and rights is <br />contained in Volume I, Section 4.6.1.3.6 of the application. <br />The review of the water rights sections was conducted with the assistance <br />of the Colorado State Engineer's Office, Division of Water Resouces. The <br />mine and loadout were found to be in compliance with the requirements of <br />this section. <br />VIII. Probable Hydrologic Consequences of Mininca and Cumulative <br />This Cumulative Hydrologic Impact Study (CHIS) for the drainage basin of <br />the Roaring Fork River has been prepared by the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Division (CMLRD) pursuant to Rule 2.U7.6(2)(c). This CHIS <br />assesses the probable cumulative hydrologic impacts of all anticipated <br />coal mining operations upon the general area of the Roaring Fork River <br />Valley (Figure 2). Included in this assessment are existing coal mines <br />and those proposed coal mines for which permit applications have been <br />submitted to the Division. This study has been prepared using <br />information and analysis contained in the Coal Basin mines permit <br />application, information and analysis contained in other permit <br />applications of mines located in the general area and other available <br />infornation, including site visitation by members of the Division staff. <br />Coal mining operations in the study area include: <br />Garfield Energy Corp. - Sunlight Mine, CMLRD File No. C-046-81 <br />2. Snowmass Coal Company - North Thompson Creek Mines, CMLRD File <br />No. C-025-81 <br />3. Mid-Continent Resources, Inc. - Coal Basin Mines, CMLRD File <br />No. C-017-81 <br />