GENERAL53077

• Permit No: C1981041
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 12/1/1982
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STIPULATION No. 4
THE PERMITTEE MUST SUBMIT AN APPROVABLE SURFACE L/A TER MONITORING
PLAN BY NO LATER THAN JANUARY 28, 1983 FOR RAPID CREEK AND 'COTTONWOOD
CREEK. TXE MONITORING SYSTEM MUST BE INSTALLED AND OPERABLE BY
MARCH 7, 1983. THE SURFACE WATER MONITORING PLAN MUST INCLUDE, AT
A MINIMUM, THREE CUAGING STATIONS; ONE DOWNSTREAM OF THE PERMIT
AREA, AND TWO STATIONS UPSTREAM OF THE PERMIT AREA; ONE ON~RAPID CREEK
AND ONE ON COTTONWOOD CREEK. TXE MEASURING DEVICES MUST BE SIZED TO
SXOW SEASONAL FLOW VARIATIONS AND MUST PROVIDE ACCURATE MEASUREMENT
DURING THE LOW FLOW PERIODS. THE GAUGING~STATIONS AfUST BE EQUIPPED
WITH CONTINUOUS RECORDERS, AND THE DATA MUST BE SUBMITTED TO TH£
DIVISION ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. _
STIPULATION No. 5
THE PERMITTEE MUST SUBMIT A CONTINGENCY PLAN BY NO LATER THAN
JANUARY 28, 1983, DESCRIBING TfjE MEASURES THAT WOULD BE UNDERTAKEN
BY THE OPERATOR TO PROVIDE WATER TO DOWNSTREAM USERS ?N THE CASE
TXAT TXE SURFACE AND GROUND WATER MONITORING INDICATE THAT THE
MINING OPERATION IS HAVING AN ADVERSE EFFECT UPON THOSE USERS.
STIPULATION No. 6
BY MARCH 7, 1982, TXE PERMITTEE MUST EITNER SUBMIT A7V ACCEPTABLE PLAN TO
THE DIVISION FOR MONZ~RING THE EFFECTS OF MINING ON THE ALLWIAL GROUND
WATER OF RAPID CREEK AND COTTONWOOD CREEK OR SUBMIT A PLAN FOR THE INSTALIA TION
OF MONITORING WELLS IN THE ALLWIUM OF RAPID CREEK AND COT2CJNWODD CREEK.
THE PLAN FOR MON72S~R LNG WELLS MUST INCLUDE A MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF
TXE WELLS AND THE PROPOSED UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. A TIMETABLE FOR INSTALLATION
OF THE WELLS AfUST ALSO BE SUBMITTED. THE MONITORING WELZ SYSTEM MUST INCLUDE,
AT A MINIMUM, TWO WELLS EACH IN THE COTTONWOOD AND RAPID CREEK ALLWIUM
DIRECTLY OVER PROPOSED MINE WORKINGS. AT EACH LOCATION, TXE WELLS MUST
BE COMPLETED TO BEDROCK. ONE WELL AT EACH LOCATION WILL CONTAIN PERFORATED
CASING THROUGHOUT ITS ENTIRE DEPTX AND THE SECOND WELL AT EACH LOCATION
WILL CONTAIN PERFORATED CASING ONLY IN THE LOWERMOST PORTION OF TXE ALLWIUM.
STIPULATION No. V
WITHIN ONE YEAR OF PERMIT ISSUANCE, THE PERMITTEE WILL PROVIDE A
REVISED VEGETATION DESCRIPTION AND VEGETATION MAP DELINEATING TXE
MAJOR VEGETATION TYPES ADJACENT TO THE SURFACE DISTURBED AREAS AT
THE ROADSIDE AND CAMEO MINES. THE VEGETATION TYPE DESIGNATIONS WILL
BE BASED ON THE VISUALLY DOb1INANT SPECIES.
STIPULATION No. 8
WITHIN ONE YEAR OF PERMIT ISSUANCE, THE PERMITTEE WILL DEMONSTRATE
TO THE DIVISION THAT, BASED ON SLOPE POSITION, ASPECT, SOILS AND
VEGETATION, EACH PROPOSED CONTROL AREA IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
ADJACENT UNDISTURBED VECETsM'ION TYPE, AND OF VEGETATION PRESUMED
TO HAVE OCCURRED (BASED ON SLOPE POSITION AND ASPECT) IN THE
PRESENTLY DISTURBED AREA,
STIPULATION No. 4
WITHIN ONE YEAR OF PERMIT ISSUANCE, THE PERMITTEE WILL DELINEATE, ON
THE POST-MINING TOPOGRAPHY MAP, THE PORTION OF SHE RECLAIMED AREA TO
BE COMPARED TO EACH SPECIFIC CONTROL AREA FOR DETERMINATIONS OF
REVEGETATION SUCCESS. I I u a ,