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~drology Description - Rule 2.04.7 <br />Both the ground and surface water sections of the <br />o not aoeguately a <br />rmit <br />R~ <br />~.ua.i. ine applicant snouig review tnis section or the <br />regulations and revise this section of the oermit aoolication. <br />s section. <br />RESPONSE: <br />Peerless Resources, Inc. has addressed the hydrologic concerns of the <br />Division with the discussion set forth below. <br />Groundwater <br />I. Potential a uifers within the ro osed ermit and adjacent area are <br />not i enti ie in t is section. is s ou e a resse inc u ing <br />a discussion of recharge, storage and discharge characteristics. <br />RESPONSE: <br />As set forth above, there are no aquifers within the permit and adjacent <br />area. The stratigraphy of the permit and adjacent area is highly <br />lenticular which inhibits the formation of any aquifers containing water <br />of useable quantities. The most continuous strata in the permit area <br />are the coal seams. <br />The only strata which might be classified as a potential aquifer in the <br />general area is the Lightner Creek colluvium material found north of the <br />permit area. This colluvium material probably receives much of its <br />water from snowmelt during the springtime and is able to store it in the <br />colluvial material. Discharge would be both downstream and into <br />Lightner Creek depending on the subsurface water level in the colluvial <br />material. <br />Although there are no aquifers with useable quantifies of groundwater <br />within the permit and adjacent area, some minor amounts of surface water <br />undoubtedly percolates into the strata. Given the small upland area <br />surrounding the permit area, most snow or rainfall probably runs off. <br />That small amount of water that does infiltrate the strata probably <br />works its way through the lenticular strata of the permit and adjacent <br />-18- <br />