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l~il»l;ltC Q~1111 <br />Dave Akers <br />Junc12,2000 <br />Pine ! l <br />area "to eliminate the anesiatt prossurc iowtd in these ;ras", [these areas included <br />om~ "on the south side otthc \Vest Pit and ono on the ,pest side of the W~st Pit"]. <br />[\`ule: Fig. G-I a shows that the l~~cation of the dcwat:: ing well oa the South Side <br />of t'nc Wcst Pit cunesponds directly to the "flow' window" delineated in'1'R-2C]. <br />Dhi estimates state: "Dried on expec;~d seepage velocities of npproainutcly two <br />l0 Ih:ce ft per day...additional dctvatcnng wells may '~~ ncccssaly around the <br />pc:imeter of the mine pit.,." (Page G-3J). BDl was uc`1 aware in 1958 Ihat "The <br />mn)or water problem in the Wcst Pit appears to be in :h,c south sod west sec;ion." <br />Irl. <br />Finally, and most definitively, B~fs ~ 113 Applicatio t clearly "cxpcctec!" that <br />spnnt?s (areas of discharge) were present on the south side of the west pit. "Scv- <br />cral springs htivc been identitial ...based on the preliminary film observations, <br />springs are expected along the fault zones and in the ~trcam bed." (pace G•al). <br />Tlra fault zone referred to therein passed through the `.Vest Pit and transectcd the <br />Ki[o Scco within the "(low window" as defined by TR-26. The proscnt discharges <br />have occurred slung this fault zone. DV( submitted, and UMG approved, a pctmit <br />application which "expected" seeps fur discharges] of tltc itaturc a»d dir~:ction <br />which resulted in the violations. <br />TR_I S- suhmittcd to DMG b~BMRI. StofFen Rohcrtson 3c Kirsten Inc., a 9 <br />1994. According to TR-1S: "Oltcc steady-state grotrndwaler conditiolts arc <br />achicved...ilte local water table will ilucluttte based on site-specific groundwalcr <br />rocharge talcs and levels in the Into Scco. Although much of the geology at the <br />West Pit has Uecn chmiged by mining, the groundwater system is expected to rc- <br />cstahlish flow from the north-uorthcast to the south-southwest through the <br />brtckf llcd pit toward tlic Rito Seco alluvial aquifer system, as it did pricy to <br />mining." (page G-d.) Accorclittg to TR-13, BM, by and through its consultants, <br />not only predicted a ttanrrc and direction of groundwalcr flow tlirouglt tnc West <br />Pit area which riiin»cs the Flow oath wlrielt created the seen, but they recognized <br />that this flow oath existed "nrt~r tSLltllll llting". -I'R-1 g Icavcs littic qucs~icn thatboth <br />Bivf and the DMG "suspceterl" that tttc nature attd direction of ground water flows <br />would result in discharges from ilte ~Vcst Pit to the Rito Scco alluvial aquifer (a <br />tributary aquifer to the Rito Scco). <br />~ 0001 u01~~me4 elNu'rt Jri udw-w -,i <br />