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<br />table. The revision also permitted a light use road, evaporation lagoon and <br />associated ditch, equipment parking and materials storage and office <br />trailers. The Pond E re-construction provided adequate storage for three <br />years of sediment. The work appears to have been adequate, as sediment <br />removal activities have not been required during the last two years. The <br />hydrologic monitoring plan decreased the frequency of sampling at the site and <br />reduced the number of alluvial wells up dip from the tipple. The plan also <br />added an annual spring and seep survey to identify and monitor water ouality <br />of springs and seeps at the site. <br />Part 2 - Status of Stipulations <br />There were no stipulations accompanying the findings document of June, 1985. <br />One stipulation was written in conjunction with the minor revision approved on <br />October 2, 1985, and is written as follows: <br />STIPULATION N0. 1: ALL IN-PIT DISPOSAL OF SCRAP METAL, AS DESCRIBED IN <br />THE APPLICATION, MIIST BE LIMITED TO LOCATIONS WHICH ARE ABOVE THE WATER <br />TABLE. <br />No metal waste from Fish Creek Tipple has been buried to date in the Area 2 <br />Pit of the Foidel Creek Mine. <br />Part 3 -Mid-Term Review Issues <br />This section includes a listing by category of issues which need to be revised <br />and a rationale for requiring revisions. <br />I. Hydrologic Balance - Rule 4.05.6 <br />A. Pond E is currently designed to handle sixty percent of three years <br />of sediment generated from the 35 acre area (0.64 acre-feet) and a <br />10-year, 24-hour peak flow event of 1,52 acre-feet. This volume <br />does not take into consideration any flow generated by an active <br />tipple operation nor spoils springs from the adjacent reclaimed <br />surface mine. At this time, it is appropriate to re-evaluate the <br />pond design to ensure adequate volume and appropriate discharge <br />rates to accommodate operation discharge, spoils spring flow and a <br />10-year, 24-hour event. Use the following questions as a guideline <br />for the evaluation: <br />1. What is the maximum discharge predicted as a result of tipple <br />operation activities? The Division notes that Enerqy Fuels <br />Well No. 3-2 is adjudicated for 104.36 acre-feet per year <br />according to page 2,05-81 of the Fish Creek Tipple permit <br />application and 200 gpm according to Map 15 of the Foidel <br />Creek permit application. Please determine which figure this <br />correct and predict how much water could possibly be <br />discharged from the operation. <br />