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• limited to recreatiion and where the probability of the public developing ground water resources <br />down gradient of the mine area is remote. The Commission's "Domestic Use and Quality" <br />classification is not applicable due to these factors. <br />• A classification of "Agricultural Use and Quality" requires a demonstration that future <br />• agricultural use of water within the specified area is reasonably probable if the ground water is <br />not currently used for agricultural use. Because ground water associated with the mine are under <br />the management of the BLM and USFS, and the mine site produces poor quality water (TDS <br />• exceeds 5,000 mg;/1) at a rate of less than 1 gpm at a depth greater than 2000 feet, the <br />• "Agricultural Use: and Quality" classification is not appropriate. <br />As ground water within the mine area is physically and chemically separated from surface water, <br />the "Surface Watc:r Quality Protection" classification is not appropriate. <br />~ A classification of "Potentially Useable Quality" is not appropriate because of the technical <br />difficulty and excessive costs to complete a well to support domestic and agricultural uses. <br />• Ground water at t:he Mine should be classified as "Limited Use and Quality" as it does not meet <br />• any of the above-described classification criteria. <br />S Recommendation <br />• The Bowie No. 2 mine should be exempted from ground water and water quality monitoring <br />requirements because: <br />• There will be no impacts to human health and the environment <br />• • The ability to establish points of compliance are technologically difficult and <br />economically unreasonable <br />In addition, the aquifers associated with mine site should be classified as "Limited Use and <br />• Quality". <br />