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<br />2.06.8 ALLWIAL VALLEY FLOORS <br /> <br /> <br />The permit area is adjacent to Hay Gulch, which is an <br />Alluvial Valley Floor. This valley drains the adjacent area, but <br />does not hold a stream. It does contain irrigation ditch and sys- <br />tem, which is operated in summer months, when irrigation water is <br />available. However, irrigation in this area is from the La Plata <br />River, which is over-appropriated in su¢;mer months, and irrigation <br />water is not always available. <br />No significant effect on this Alluvial Valley Floor or <br />waters that supply Alluvial Valley Floors are expected because no <br />ground water has historically been encountered in mining, and sur- <br />face water from the disturbed area will be contained within the <br />disturbed area. The applicant proposes to engage the services of <br />Fred P1. Johnson, Consulting Geologist, of Durango, Colorado to <br />study and report of possible effects of mining operations upon <br />Hay Gulch. <br /> <br />-49- <br />