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04.7 Hydrology Description <br />'~ (1) Ground Water Information <br />(a) The application shall contain a description of the ground water <br />hydrology for the proposed mine plan and adjacent area, includ- <br />ing, at s minvnum: • <br />(i) The depth below the surface .and the horizontal extent of <br />the water table sand aquifers; <br />(ii) The litholQgy and thickness of the aquifers; <br />(iii) Known uses of the water -in the aquifers and water table; <br />_ and ~ <br />(iv) The quality of the subsurface• water. f <br />(b) l The application shall contain additional information which des- <br />cribes 'the recharge, storage, and: discharge characteristics of <br />aquifers and the quality and quantity of ground water, according <br />~.to tlie• parameters and in the detail required by the Division. <br />(2) Surface Water Information <br />~ (a) Surface water information- shall be provided, including the name <br />of the watershed which will receive water .discharges from the <br />permit area, the location of all surface water bodies :such as <br />streams, lakes, ponds and springs, ;the location of any water <br />~ discharge' into any surface body of water, and descriptions of <br />surface 'drainage "systems .sufficient to identify, in detail, the <br />seasonal variations in water. quantity and quality within the <br />proposed permit and adjacent; areas. <br />*r <br />(b) Surface water information shall include: <br />(i) Minimum, maximum, and average flows which identify criti- <br />+~ cal low flow and peak discharge rates of streams sufficient <br />to identify seasonal variations; and <br />~ (ii) Water quality data from surface waters in,: discharging into, <br />or which will receive flows from surface' or ground water <br />i from affected areas within the proposed permit azea, suf- <br />ficient to .identify seasonal variations, showing: <br />(A) .Total dissolved. solids- in milligrams per liter; <br />(B) Total suspended solids in milligrams per liter; <br />(C) Acidity; <br />~ (D) pH; <br />(E) Total and dissolved iron in milligrams per liter; <br />(F) Total manganese in..milligrarns per liter; and <br />(G) Such other information as the Division, for good cause <br />shown, determines is relevant. <br />(3) Alternative Water .Supply Information. The application shall identify <br />the extent•'to which the proposed surface coal mining operations may <br />proximately result in contamination, diminution, or interruption of an <br />