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Surface Waiter Use <br />Chandler Creek, its tributaries, and the other ephemeral drainages <br />previously described do not have surface water rights within the permit <br />area or belc-w the permit area. Therefore, for the named drainages, <br />there is no water right administration and no calls from the mainstem. <br />A general location map showing water rights near the permit area and <br />the Arkansas River is shown in Exhibit K. In addition, water rights <br />information queried from the State's database for these water rights is <br />summarizeci in Exhibit K. <br />Alternative Water Supply Information <br />The finding of the Report on Hydrology indicate that the proposed <br />Northfield mining operations will not adversely impact or interrupt <br />water usage in the area for domestic, agricultural, industrial, fish and <br />wildlife, or other legitimate use (Exhibit K). The Bishop Brogden April <br />2007 study includes athree-tiered mitigation plan of any adverse <br />effects of mining on water quantity in the vicinity of the mine. Tier 3 <br />includes constructing wells in a new production zone or hauling water <br />to a cistern.. An augmentation plan will be required to meet the <br />requirements for the Arkansas River rules and regulations based on a <br />final detailed plan of anticipated consumptive water use by the mine. <br />No specific alternative sources have been identified at this level of <br />study, although various sources of augmentation water are available in <br />the Arkansas River basin. <br />Mapping of Hvdrolo~ic Information <br />Information required by this section in map form is presented on the <br />following maps and figures found in the Bishop-Brogden Hydrology <br />Report (Exhibit K) as follows: <br />- Figure 2, location Map with Significant Geologic Features <br />- Figure 4, local Drainage Basins <br />- Figure 5, 1Nater Rights General Location Map <br />- Northfield Mine Registered Wells -General Location Map <br />- Northfield Mine Significant Geologic Features - <br />General Location Map <br />- Northfield Mine Test Borings and Surface and Groundwater <br />Monitoring Locations- General Location Map <br />2.04.8 Clinnatological Information <br />The permit area is located in the foothills of the Wet Mountains in the <br />vicinity of Chandler, Spring and Fawn Hollow Creeks. The area is <br />• semi-arid with moderate temperatures and limited precipitation. <br />2.04-27 Revised 11/05/07 <br />