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<br />Section A -Rule 2.07.6 <br /> <br />I. The permit application is accurate and complete. All requirements of the Act and these rules have been <br />complied with (2.07.6(2)(a)). <br />2. Based on information contained in the permit application and other information available to the <br />Division, the Division finds that surface coal mining and reclamation can be feasibly accomplished at <br />the Foidel Creek Mine (2.07.6(2)(6)). <br />3. The assessment of the probable cumulative impacts of all anticipated coal mining in the general area on <br />the hydrologic balance, as described in 2.05.6(3), has been made by the Division. This assessment <br />entitled "Yampa River CH1A" is available for inspection at the offices of the Division. <br />A brief summary of the Probable Hydrologic Consequences of the Foidel Creek Mine are as follows: <br />Ground water <br />Several possible effects to the ground water system have been identified. <br />1) depletion of ground water from bedrock and alluvial aquifers; <br />2) depletion of spring flows; <br />3) depletion of water well yields; <br />4) degradation of water quality in bedrock and alluvial aquifers; and <br />5) degradation of water quality through surface discharges of aquifers (springs and base flow to <br />streams). <br />Surface water <br />Several possible effects on the surface water system have been identified: <br />1) increased salt loading in streams draining the proposed permit area; <br />2) a moderate change in the ion balance of surface water drainage in the permit and adjacent area; <br />3) temporary changes in the flow regime of Foidel Creek and Fish Creek; <br />4) increased runoff and erosion within the proposed permit area during operation; and <br />5) increased sediment load in drainages within the proposed permit area during operations. <br />6) minor head cutting and deposition along Foidel and Middle Creeks due to gradient changes as a <br />result of subsidence. <br />7) degradation of surface water quality through pumpage of lower quality water from the mine. <br />See Section B, part IIIB of this document for more information concerning the surface and ground water <br />monitoring plan. <br />The Division has evaluated each of these impacts and finds that the operations proposed under the <br />application have been designed to prevent damage to the hydrologic balance outside the proposed permit <br />area (2.07.6(2)(c)). <br />4. The Division finds that the affected area is, subject to valid rights existing as of August 3, 1977, not <br />within: <br />10 <br />