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<br />Stream C'~ar.nel @econstructien
<br />Rules ~' 05.3 and ~.05.~ .'nclvices o=r_`orrnance standards fcr stream channel recon-
<br />struction. Tire applicant has svbmitteci -n.`ormatien i5ect_o^ d.H.1.3 -Past
<br />mi:7. r.o bur fa ce Drainage, Joan A:13, and :;ap ,-11e) cor.cerri ng the re cons trvctrm
<br />of disrurbed stream channe.is. However, this irfermat'on was ins::f_'icier,t to
<br />find cc;mpliance with the rerformance standards. Dur-rg _`uzt;:er discussions
<br />it Has cieterrined that a1i draina<es concerned drained areas of less than~cne
<br />swage mile. 'ur.`_hermore, only C.+o cf the epY.emsrai drainages to be disturbed
<br />Sad dis tirct c.iannels _., t.`.eir pre-mine canfinvra Lion.
<br />:'he appl-cant has ccm.mi`ted to reestab'ishin9 channels ir. these drainages ('£ast
<br />and [v'est ;JO Jiame Gulch.) after mir.ina. Specifics o' ci~arrel reconstrvcticn are
<br />d~alineated on pages -1-180 and 4-Id.' of the permit application.
<br />aIternat..;re 'rater Sunoly Ir,fcrmari.on
<br />Duri rg the cc urse of tha re a'e~r r_rJes tiors were raiser' as b~ :r,`.:e ther the mine would
<br />affect t ~e amounts of water into the Irudy-Simeson .em or the JdcfJe ma ra di tchas, It
<br />was determined tsar t_he Ia Udg-~il:In.;e71 dam a not an arti»Zy used structure, roc
<br />___ there any crater rie:~ts associated ndth it :++i:ic.h ::'ould be z:ffected. The
<br />;~'dJa ma ra ditches are fed ent_relg From a croand water we1_' and .have no corre-
<br />spondinq surface crater right. TSerefore, t.h•=se concerns were alley-a`ed.
<br />4onz tcri.-rc
<br />TF.e applicant has committed to monitoring of t.':e surface :rater qualitu parameters
<br />of total suspended solids, total dissolved solids, conductivity, pH, coral iron,
<br />• total marcanese, acidity and o_1 ar.d crsase at eiur.t surface water -ronicerino
<br />d pot=ntial exists _°or r.round water to seep into surface wa tar systams. Ir. _s
<br />probaLie that around NatL'I contributions to the surface water system will Le
<br />small. HocrEVer, it is ooss::bla that parameters othsr than those proposed for
<br />svrfac_ crater monito.rina ray enrer the surface ware- sestem in detrimental cor.-
<br />rertrations. 'or this re.esor.~, tl:e =ppl:canr. :,as cesnitted to monitoring sites
<br />S-~ and 5-14 twice annually for aluminum, arsenic, barium, heron, cadmi ur..,
<br />chrerium, cconer, iron, lead, pH, marcanese, moIubdenum, nic:cel, se:cnium,
<br />.anac?ium, nitrate, sulfaf=_, fZoride, total dissolved solids, conductivity,
<br />temp=rstt:re an: Radium _25.
<br />°;h~ n?era lien is .in c^_mplicnca :ait.h tit~~: rca,;irrm~r~=- n,` '-'-i- ~..ti~n.
<br />.,r JJudz ~1cr: f r' 3~, 1:.:xr,,: :I~n is r,? [yq rnr ; u , ~ ~.: n q
<br />Th~. Civieion has revie:red Sections 2. 7, 9.?, 4.3, 4.2, and .;ppendi:r iJ fo_
<br />,rompi_arce with the requirements of t.h_s section.
<br /> The [/hite sandstones (Ist, 2nd and 3rd) are stratigraohicall~• located about
<br />• IO-50 feet above t~;e .9 coal seem, a se.=_m tc be recovered at i'be Trapper '.ire
<br />scat-ons. °or the ma3er_tc of these sites, the prcnosed moni`or_nc _°re~cencp
<br />arc .he list of parameters monitored is satisfactoru. Jurirg the five-yeas permit
<br />_erm, the majcritu of minino eil1. ocecr in the Johnsen and ,'!o Jlame Gulch drain-
<br />ages. Portions of the pits :-d11 be used as co~i ash disposal sites (see p~.ae d-
<br />.%~ I) .
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