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<br />Page 11 <br />applicant to destroy aquifers, the Division has no concerns related to this issue. <br />4. "No current dimensions of the sandstone quarry were given in the re-submitted (amended) <br />application?" <br />(M. Brown, J Brown) <br />Response -The Division requested that the operator supply the dimensions of the existing <br />sandstone quarry in relation to the area planned for the sandstone quarry, in order to <br />determine whether the applicant will be re-affecting previously mined land and, therefore <br />assuming reclamation liability for that area. The applicant has indicated that the operation <br />will affect the entire azea marked for the sandstone quarry. Therefore, the applicant will be <br />responsible for reclamation of the entire quarry azea. <br />5. "Any construction involving the wetlands azea of Tallahassee Creek must take place during <br />the colder winter months to avoid the disastrous results that would occur during the flash <br />flooding that warm weather brings." <br />(M. Brown, J. Brown) <br />Response -The operator plans to construct the bridges when the stream bed is dry. <br />Construction activities in wetlands will be regulated by an Army Corps of Engineers' <br />nationwide permit. <br />6. " "Storm water going over the crossing structure proposed by the applicant would wash it out <br />and it would be tamed into the Arkansas River." <br />(M. Brown, J Brown) <br />Response -The bridges are designed to handle a ]0-year 24-hour storm event, plus an <br />additional 0.5 inches of rainfall during such an event. The applicant is required to build the <br />structure in order for it to sustain a 10 year event. Overtopping would most likely not <br />occur, unless rainfall occurred at a level greater than a ] 0-yeaz event. <br />7. "The 200 feet right-of--way in which the applicant is referring to, is actually a railroad <br />easement that is measured from the center of the tracks and 100 feet to each side of the <br />tracks. The applicant's fence line lies 50 feet into the railroad easement." <br />(M. Brown, J Brown) <br />