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<br />-5- <br />• Stipulation No. 12 , <br />PRIOR TO SECONDARY OR RETREAT MINING UNDER CIRUELA CANYON, APACHE <br />CANYON, AND SANTISTEVAN CANYON DRAINAGES, THE PERMITTEE MUST COLLECT <br />DATA ON THE QUANTITY OF WATER FLOWING IN THESE DRAINAGES. MOiITORING <br />MUST BE SUFFICIENT TO DIFFERENTIATE SEASONAL FLOW VARIATIONS. <br />THE PERMITTEE MUST MOiJITOR THE QUALITY OF WATER FLOWING IN CIRUELLA <br />CANYON QUARTERLY. MONITORING MUST BE DONE AT TWO SITES, ONE ABOUE THE <br />MINE WATER DISCHARGE POINT AND ONE BELOW THE COAL PROCESSING WASTE PILE. <br />THE PERMITTEE SHALL PROVIDE AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PROBABLE HYDROLOGIC <br />CONSEQUENCES OF SECONDARY OR RETREAT MINING ON THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY <br />OF SURFACE WATER IN CIRUELA, APACHE AND SANTISTEVAN CANYONS. <br />ALL MONITORING MUST CONTINUE UNTIL DISCONTINUATIOrI IS APPROVED BY THE <br />DIVISION IN WRITING. <br />Stipulation No. 13 <br />THE PERMITTEE SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL HYDROLOGIC MONITORING REPORT FUR <br />THE MAXWELL MINE. THE MONITORING REPORT SHALL INCLUDE A SUMMARY AND <br />ANALYSIS OF DATA COLLECTED DURING THE YEAR, INCLUDING: 1) WATER USED IN <br />THE MINING OPERATION; 2) MINE WATER DISCHARGES TO RECEIVING STREAMS <br />• (QUANTITY AND QUALITY); 3) MINE WATER INFLOWS (ANNUAL MINE INFLOW <br />STUDY); 4) STREAM FLOWS AND QUALITY; 5) IMPACTS TO THE QUALITY AND <br />QUANTITY OF ALLUVIAL AND BEDROCK AQUIFERS; AND 6) IMPACTS TU SPRING <br />FLOWS AND QUALITY. THE MONITORING REPORT SHOULD INCLUDE A DESCRIPTIDiJ <br />OF MITIGATIVE MEASURES TAKEN TO MINIMIZE DISTURBANCE TO THE PREVAILING <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE. THE MONITORING REPORT SHALL BE ADEQUATE TO PLAN FOR <br />MODIFICATION OF SURFACE OR UNDERGROUND MINING ACTIVITIES, IF NECESSARY, <br />TO MINIMIZE DISTURBANCE TO THE PREVAILING HYDROLOGIC BALANCE. <br />Stipulation No. 14 <br />PRIOR TO SECONDARY OR RETREAT MINING UNDER APACHE CANYON OR SANTISTEVAN <br />CANYON, THE PERMITTEE MUST SUBMIT TO THE DIVISION SUFFICIENT EUIDENCE <br />FOR THE DIVISION TO MAKE FINDINGS THAT SECONDARY OR RETREAT MINING UNDER <br />THESE CANYONS WILL: <br />1) NOT INTERRUPT, DISCONTINUE, OR PRECLUDE FARMING ON THE ALLUVIAL <br />VALLEY FLOORS. <br />2) NOT CAUSE MATERIAL DAMAGE TO THE QUANTITY OF GRUUfJD WATER THAT <br />SUPPLIES THE ALLUVIAL VALLEY FLOORS. <br />3) PRESERVE THE ESSENTIAL HYDROLOGIC FUNCTIONS OF THE ALLUVIAL VALLEY <br />FLOORS. <br />