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2. To determine if material damage may exist on the White River AVF, the operator needs to submit an impact statement regarding the saline discharge from NPDES 024A. This determination and explanation must then be inserted into the revised PHC. To assist in making this determination, I suggest that the operator acquire baseflow and water quality information from the BLM on White River TDS levels and graph this data from 1985 (date the Kenny Reservoir was filled) to present. 3. Provide a map illustrating the location where the water samples are taken for biomonitoring purposes. 4. That a graph of TDS levels be provided for Qal-5 and NPDES 024 A in succeeding AHR's. 5. Provide a graph of mine inflow quantity in the AHR B. REVISION OF THE PERMIT'S PROBABLE HYDROLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES SECTION TO INCLUDE TDS DETERMINATIONS. Nowhere in the permit, PHC or AHR's are there any Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) determinations or predictions. These determinations must be made and included as part of the PHC. I recommend the following procedure: 1. That the PHC be revised to include TDS levels that have been (past) and are currently being observed in both the ground and surface waters. 2. TDS levels must also be predicted into a future scenario using the past and current levels to make a reasonable assumption. This information needs to be incorporated into the revised PHC. 3. An explanation for the current TDS levels of 11,000 mg/1 or more coming from NPDES 024A must be explained and included into the PHC and AHR. 4. The current biomonitoring program with the CDOH regarding elevated TDS levels of mine inflow waters must be included in the revised PHC, mentioned in the AHR's and followed closely in the future. 5. Increasing levels of both chloride and magnesium are occurring in Qal-5 and need to be included and explained in both the PHC and future AHRs. The levels of both C1 and Mg are currently in violation of recommended material damage suspect criteria.