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<br />' EXHIBIT G (Cont'd} <br />' water are collected in a low area (the location changes as <br />operations continue) and are allowed to settle prior to dis- <br /> charge to the Arkansas River. The dewatering water is of bet- <br /> ter quality than the river and meets NPDES standards. <br />' Water used in the mining stages is insignificant. Only at <br /> rare times when operations mus t continue during extended high <br /> <br /> wind conditions is any road or pit watering performed. This <br />' is a dewatered operation and it tends to be damp and dust free. <br /> The two lakes included in the reclamation plan a re es- <br /> timated to reach their ultimate size in 1993. The so uthern <br /> lake will have 1.67 acres + sur face area on affected land, while <br /> l <br />th <br />k <br />ill <br />47 <br />h + i <br /> t <br />e nor <br />ern <br />a <br />e w <br />be 19. surface area. <br />acres s ex- <br />It <br />~ petted that there will be some evaporative loss from these lake <br />surfaces. Currently there is 1.67 acres of lake area; this will <br />' gradually increase over the next 16 years so that by 1993 there <br />will be 21.14 acres + of lake surface. <br />Water to be used in the revegetation program is minimal. <br />' While it is recommended by the U.S, Soil Conservation Service <br />that initial phase watering be used, it does not appear likely <br />' at this time that water will be available for this purpose. <br />Should water become available, it will be beneficially used <br />' to help revegetation. Trees, shrubs and grass would benefit <br />' from one season of watering, but even if this is done, the <br />amount of water applied will not approach that used annually <br />' in the past for irrigated pasture. <br />' 19 <br />