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<br />Page 13 <br />(J. Clark, L. Clark, R.. Dodd, N. Dodd, B. Breeze-Krieger) <br />Response - (See Response for No. 1 above.) <br />"Where will the polluted water go?" <br />(G. Glab) <br />Response -The only polluted water, of which the Division is aware, would come from surface flows <br />out of the granite and sandstone quarries and the water used for dust control. These will flow into <br />either sediment ponds that will [rap the sediment or into a gravel pit. If the water flows into a gravel <br />pit and escapes to the groundwater system, i[ will be filtered first by the sand and gravel below the <br />operation and additionally as it flows laterally through sand and gravel toward off-site locations. The <br />Division believes that, due to the amount of filtering the water will receive before it leaves the permit <br />area, the quality of the water should remain at about the same levels as the water that naturally exists <br />in that alluvial aquifer. The water will pass through the same host rock it has passed through for <br />millions of years, and it is not anticipated that it will pick up any more dissolved contaminants that <br />it does not already hold. Suspended solids are addressed through the sediment control plan. <br />6. "Will Agile Stones Systems' proposed sediment ponds actually contain such a deluge, or will tons <br />of sediment be released into an already troubled river?" <br />(G. Ashton) <br />Response -The sediment control ponds are designed to handle the 100-yeaz, 24-hour storm event, plus <br />0.5 inches for an added safety margin. The 100-yeaz, 24-hour precipitation for the azea is 3.00 inches; <br />the applicant's design is for 3.5 inches. <br />"Two old wells close to the proposed site are contaminated by cyanide. Blasting could cause damage <br />to them and pollution [o Tallahassee Creek and the Arkansas River." <br />(R. Dodd, N. Dodd) <br />Response - (See Response for 1.) <br />8. "There are large deposits of uranium in the Tallahassee Creek drainage. I want to be assured that <br />poison will not move to my water. My well is within l mile of the proposed Agile operation." <br />(J. Worthley, S. Sneers, M. Brown) <br />Response -There are no known uranium deposits in the permit area that would be disturbed by the <br />proposed mining operation. There are uranium deposits in [he upper reaches of the Tallahassee Creek <br />watershed that were prospected in the past. <br />9. "Proof of adequate water is only shown for the first 4 years, not for the life of the mine, which is rated <br />