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site will be located outside the boundaries of the 100-year floodplains for both Trout Creek and the Yampa River. The operator will install and maintain a surface water drainage system including a sedimentation pond which will be used to contain and treat surface runoff and process waters from the affected land before being discharged offsite via an approved NPDES Water Discharge Permit. The applicant has also provided a spill prevention and countermeasur plan for any chemical or hazardous liquid product used or stored on site. 5. "Will the operation minimize disturbances to groundwater well quantity?" (Sec..34-32.5- ll6(4)(h)) "l object to the permit being issued on the grounds that dewatering at the site may cause material injury if water is depleted in the wells locnled in the Town of Milner. Taking 750,000 gallons per day from the groundwater table will have a serious impact on the water table ns it relates to the town's wells. Please allow us to prove that the cone of depression will be large etrorsgh to do damage to these wells. " (Van Norstrand, 5/8/01) "... there is unknown potential for impacts to the groundwater from the alluvial aquifer that will be mined mrd dewntered. I believe I will be affected when 750,000 gallons of venter is token from the water table and my well dries out for even a part of the srnnmer. This may cause material injury to me and my neighbors. Material injury caused by venter well depletion in private venter wells and the nu~nicipal venter well used by 200 people in the Mibrer Trailer Park cauued by taking 750,000 gallons of venter per day from the wntertable and only replacing part ojit." (Landers, Van Norstrand; 6//4/01) DMG Response - On January 4, 2001 the applicant was issued Well Permit No. 055157F fo the purpose of dewatering and dry mining at the Camilletti Milner Pit #2. The proposed operation does not occur within a designated groundwater basin, therefore only wells within 600 feet of the proposed operation may be considered for potential injury. The closest wells to [he proposed operation are the Mitchem well approximately 1,140 feet away and [he Pedrick well located approximately 1435 feet away. It is highly unlikely that an adverse water supply impact will occur to the groundwater users in the town of Milner due to the location of the Yampa River between the proposed operation (to the south) and the town of Milner (to the north). No cone depression analysis has yet been provided by the objectors which verifies the assertion that pit dewatering will adversely affect the water supply of well owners in the town of Milner.