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-2- 4. WITHIN 120 DAYS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE, THE DIVISION DIRECTS EMPIRE ENERGY CORPORATION TO MODIFY THE PROPOSED HYDROLOGIC MONITORING PROGRAM TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: A) EMPIRE ENERGY CORPORATION SHALL DETERMINE THE VOLUME OF WATER PUMPED FROM THE MINES ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO MONITOR DISCHARGE FROM ALL MINE WORKINGS. WATER QUALITY AT THE DISCHARGE POINTS SHALL BE MONITORED WEEKLY FOR ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY, pH, AND TEMPERATURE. ON A QUARTERLY BASIS THE APPLICANT SHALL MONITOR, TDS, TSS, ANU EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS. B) COPIES OF THE NPDES MONITORING REPORT SHALL BE SENT TO THE DIVISION WHICH INCLUDE THOSE SPECIFIC CONSTITUENTS ADDED BY THE UEPARTMEfJT OF HEALTH TO THE OPERATOR'S NPDES MONITORING (MERCURY, SILVER, CYANIDE, COPPER, LEAD, THALLIUM, CADMIUM, AND ZINC). IF EMPIRE ENERGY CORPORATION REQUESTS THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO DELETE ANY OF THESE CONSTITUENTS FROM THEIR REQUIRED NPDES MONITORING, THE APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT A COPY OF THE REQUEST TO THE DIVISION. THE DIVISION WILL CONSULT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CONCERNING THE REQUEST. C) THE OPERATOR'S MONITORING PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE THE MONITORING OF SPRING WATER QUANTITY AND QUALITY. FOR THE NORTH SPRING (MAP IV-13) WATER QUANTITY AND QUALITY (TEMPERATURE, EC, AND pH) SHALL BE MONITORED ON A MONTHLY BASIS. FOR THE THREE ADJUDICATED SPRINGS IDENTIFIED OIV MAP III-14 (HAXTON SPRING I, AND LIPPARD SPRINGS I AND II) THE OPERATOR SHALL MONITOR FLOW, TEMPERATURE, EC, AND pH ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND FULL SUITE WATER QUALITY ACCORDING TO THE DIVISION'S WATER QUALITY GUIDELINE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. D) EMPIRE ENERGY CORPORATION SHALL SUBMIT THE RESULTS OF ALL ITS HYDROLOGIC MONITORING, INCLUDING NPDES MONITORING, TO THE DIVISION ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. 5. THE DIVISIONV DIRECTS EMPIRE ENERGY CORPORATION TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL HYDROLOGIC REPORT. THIS REPORT SHALL BE DUE MARCH 31 OF EACH YEAR OF THIS PERMIT TERM, WITH THE FIRST REPORT DUE MARCH 31, 1984. THE ANNUAL HYDROLOGIC REPORT SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION AND ANALYSES OF DATA COLLECTED DURING THE PREVIOUS CALENDAR YEAR (I.E., JANUARY 1, 1983 TO DECEMBER 31, 1983). THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, ANALYSES AND DESCRIPTIONS SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT: A) SUMMATIONS OF ALL SURFACE AND GROUND WATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY MONITORING DATA; B) HYDROGRAPHS OF SURFACE WATER FLOWS, MINE WATER DISCHARGES, AND GROUND WATER LEVELS; C) PIEZOMETRIC SURFACE MAPS FOR THE MIDDLE SANDSTONE, WHITE SANDSTONES, YAMPA RIDER ALLUVIUM, AND THE WILLIAMS FORK RIVER ALLUVIUM; D) DESCRIPTION OF OBSERVED CHANGES OR FLUCTUATIONS IN GROUND AND SURFACE WATER QUALITY;