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<br />EXHIBIT G - Water Information <br />The Villard Pit #2 is situated on a broad <br />a divide between two main water courses - one <br />the other south. This 66 acre site is host to <br />off water from an estimated 40 acres adjoining <br />the east. The local water runs down a draw to <br />miles into Fortification Creek. <br />bench that forms <br />Flowing north and <br />the surface run- <br />the property on <br />the west for 1~ <br />There are no springs on the affected area and this land has <br />no attached water rights, nor is it burdened with off-site water <br />rights or other water adjudications. There is a small stock pond <br />in the SW'~SE'~ Section 31 which belongs to the subject property <br />landowners: A & E Villard. (See Exhibit C-2) <br />There are no "wetlands" or. the affected area, or 200 feet <br />from it, and the ephemeral drainages are dry except for the <br />spring run-off and for storm events. The operation may change the <br />topography in some of the local drainages, but the integrity of <br />most of the main drainage channels will remain in tact. The <br />Villard Pit #2 mining operation will not adversely affect the <br />surface or groundwater systems. <br />Moffat County does not expect to intercept groundwater. No <br />water was encountered in any of the 16 exploration holes that <br />were dug on the site. If groundwater is encountered in the course <br />of the mining phase Moffat County will consult with the <br />landowners to sea if they wish to develop the water and file on <br />it. Otherwise, the operator will reclaim the land according to <br />the reclamation plan. <br />The Reclamatior. Plan includes an option to develop low <br />places in the excavation areas to manage local drainage. If <br />these low areas .collect a substantial amount of water for an <br />extended period of time, the land owner will file on the storage <br />water under Colorado Water Law. <br />Water requirements will be limited to dust control. There <br />is no water available for this purpose on the affected area, <br />therefor, water will be hauled in from some of Moffat County's <br />other sources. <br />The Villard Pit #2 operation by the Moffat County Road <br />Department does not require an NPDES permit from the Water <br />Quality Control Division of CDH: Also, the State Engineer does <br />not require a groundwater well permit on benched gravel mines <br />where there is little expectation that water will be intercepted. <br />Lastly, Moffat County will consult with the Corps of Engineers <br />about the how the Nationwide Permit System applies to this <br />project. <br />EXHIBIT G <br />