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<br />In conclusion, coal miring .n tSe Yampa Fiver Sarin may cumulatively 'mpact `!;e
<br />cmun3 o-~ater resources of chc- area. ae mos` probable impact i.a '8a .. ..a ter
<br />~,•uality fir. the regional alluvial agLi.--err .-ag b~ d~~~grad-d. This imcach is net
<br />expectad to significantly limit the usa o_` the aqui-rrs. A significant, _ ^ion-
<br />c,-id_ impact _s not anticipated for t1:e area i~edreck anuif~rs.
<br />Rs r_»ired fir. Section JS-33-114(~)!c) of the .Act, the Givisicn hereby makes tY,e
<br />finding that the Tra?per M'ne has been das'cred tc prNVer.t naterial damage to
<br />t:~e ground water pcrt.ion of the hydrologic ba?ante outside the permit area.
<br />References Cited
<br />i1) Bishop, i•1., K. Fe1Iy, L~. tfimbai', and G. ~?u_'rn. .°O2, C•~mulative
<br />.9ydroiogic ~-ssesscm=_r.t: Effects of Coal Mining on the Yampa
<br />River Easin, Pfoffat and Eou~tt Counties, prepared by :ta.man Tempo,
<br />submitted to t:;e Office of Scrface ,^.'iri:,c, U. S. DsEsrt^ent of
<br />to Interior, Denver, Colorado, September i~, 1979.
<br />(2) Cnergy Pcels Corporation, 197^^, f~fir.ing permit apniication, submitted
<br />• to the Coiorado Di vi sip, cf A7ined Land .Recl :;ration, Parvar.
<br />Colorado, Septen'uer 1~, 199
<br />(;1 McWhorter, D. B., J. I.'. RONF_, .T. [:~. Van Liew, R. L.. Chandler, R. H.
<br />Skoverboe, P. K. Surada, G. V. S;coeerbce, IJ79 Surface and Sub-
<br />surface [•la`er O'lalit ~ acdroloca in Surface '4ir.ec [:'atersheds,
<br />E. P.n. Pub. 0`00;'7-790-.'93a.
<br />(4) Steele, T. D., D. P. Bauer, D. R. 'J;=ntz, end J. n'. [:-a rn~r 1975, the
<br />Yampa ?fiver basin, Coloradc and tvuoming. t Prev_'ew to Expand:=d
<br />('J31 F'esovrce De velooment and Its Impacts on F'eg:iorai [later Resources,
<br />i:~a ter "'croon=er Investigation: 78-125, U. S. Geo'ogical Survey, k'ater
<br />Pesources Division, Septe-i6ar, '979.
<br />(S) U. S. Departmen `_ of t.`.e Inter`or, '975, ._..a2 En~.~ironmentai Impa r.*
<br />Statement, .VOrth:aest Colorado Coa%, prepared by i[he Bureau of i.,ard
<br />.Fa raaemer.t.
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