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' ,a <br />~' 2.04.7 (3) Water Rights <br />~, Table H,1 is a summary of the water rights in the adjacent and permit area of <br />Sunlight Mine. Sections that were checked for water rights at the State Engineer's <br />Office were: T7, R89W sections 2~, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35; and T85, R89W sections <br />3, 4, 5. Locations of the listed water rights are indicated on the Hydrology maps. No <br />i water rights are conflict is expected as the coal operator has received an adjudicated <br />' water right to O.lcis of the mine's pumped water. <br />The mine operator has applied for a well permit for the water being discharged <br />from the mine. This is the only permit in the vicinity of the milne. The Sunlight Ski <br />area to the west obtains its water from a spring converted to a shallow well on the <br />mountainside south of the ski lodge. The Moda ranch, approximately one-half mile <br />downstream from the Sunlight Mine along Fourmile Creek, also obtains water for <br />domestic purposes from a shallow alluvial well The ranch also obtains water for the <br />irrigation of a few acres of pasture on the north side of Fourmile Creek from the mine <br />discharge water from the Sunlight Mine. This mine discharge water is routed through a <br />small irrigation ditch that roughly parallels Fourmile Creek on the north but is not <br />diverted into the creek between the mine and the ranch. The rancher has an <br />adjudicated water right to the mine discharge water (0.2 cfs) through this ditch. <br />Ccnsequently, the rancher is dependent on the continued operation of the mine and its <br />pumped discharge for irrigation water. <br />d <br />a <br />n <br />i <br />C <br /> <br />