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<br />Page 8 <br />Response -The Division believes the gravel operation will have very little affect on <br />groundwater. Only a relatively small amount of water used for dust suppression will escape <br />the operationto the groundwatersystem. That water will be filtered by the sand and gravel <br />under the gravel operation, before it reaches the groundwatertable, and then it will be filtered <br />by the aquifer sand and gravel as it moves laterally toward one of the azea streams. The <br />water should be essentially as clean as the natural groundwater before it leaves the permit <br />area or enters a surface flow. <br />3. "Sedimentation and pollution of Tallahassee Creek and the Arkansas River, due to <br />inadequate erosion/sediment control plans." <br />(M. Brown, T. Rand) <br />Response - (see Response for No. 1 above). <br />4. "The plan to pump 30,000 g.p.d. from groundwatermay adversely affect resident wells and <br />deplete the water table." <br />(D. Burch, B. Kreiger) <br />Response -The applicant has abandoned the original plan to install a well to pump <br />groundwater. <br />5. "It is a hazard being on the mainstream of a flood plain." <br /> <br />Response -The applicant's plans aze to keep, his entire operation, except bridge abutments <br />and approaches, out of the 100-yeaz flood plain azea. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers <br />has reviewed the plans to construct the bridges and has informed the applicant that he can <br />do so under Nationwide Permit No. 14. <br />6. "The sediment control plans are not adequate to prevent damage to wetlands and the Canon <br />City water supply." <br />(T Rand) <br />Response - (See Response for No. l .) <br />