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Impoundments - <br />All site impoundments are in compliance with Rule 4.05.9. Refer to Section III, C, <br />above. <br />Surface and Ground Water Monitorine - <br />The applicant will conduct monitoring of ground water in a manner approved by the <br />Division. The ground water monitoring plan is found in the approved permit <br />application, Volume lA, Section 2.05.6, and Volume 8. <br />The applicant will conduct monitoring of surface water in a manner approved by the <br />Division. The monitoring plan is found in the approved permit application, Volume lA, <br />Section 2.05.6, and Volumes 8 and 8A. <br />Transfer of Wells - <br />Transfer of wells is not proposed during this five-year permit term. <br />Discharge of Water into an Underground Mine - <br />Discharge of water into underground workings will not occur. <br />Stream Buffer Zones - <br />No disturbance is anticipated within 100 feet of a stream with a biological community. <br />Probable Hydrologic Consequences - <br />Ground Water - <br />The Bowie No. 1 Mine has the potential to affect ground waters in three ways - <br />degradation of water quality, mine consumption of water, and dewatering of <br />insignificant bedrock aquifers. Each of these cases will be discussed in detail in the <br />following pazagraphs. <br />Degradation of ground water quality could occur in three locations. The train <br />loadout and auxiliary coal stockpile are located on an alluvial terrace of the North <br />Fork of the Gunnison. Runoff infiltration could result in the dissolution of salts. <br />The operator installed and monitors three wells downgradient from these facilities <br />and has not detected any significant water quality changes. The Division has <br />expressed some concern about the narrow band of alluvium found downdip of the <br />underground waste development stockpile. The operator has installed a well (Node <br />22) and is monitoring that location for impacts. No impacts have been detected to <br />date. Lastly, there is a slim probability that subsidence-related impacts to springs <br />might result in the modification of springs water quality due to a change in routing <br />31 <br />