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WATER INFORMATION <br />EXHIBIT G <br />It is the operators intent to minimize the disturbances to the <br />prevailing hydrologic balance of the affected land, of the sur- <br />rounding areas and to the quality and quantity of the surface and <br />ground water system, both during and after mining and reclamation. <br />Albert Frei and Sons, Inc. believes they will be in compliance with <br />all state and federal laws and regulations governing water and <br />water rights as they understand them. Because of the geographic <br />features around the mine, all offsite runoff is or will be diverted <br />around the disturbed area. Any storm water runoff will be retained <br />on the site and directed into the mining area when the mining and <br />filling is taking place. When filling is complete there will be no <br />exposed ground water on the mine area. <br />Review of Division of Water Resources well permits in the <br />area around the site indicated the ground water table lies 6 to 10 <br />feet below the surface in this area. This information was obtained <br />from Division of Water Resources (DWR) well records that show the <br />average static water depth for wells around the mining operation. <br />Ground water will be exposed by this operation so a well permit, <br />Temporary Substitute Supply Plan and/or Augmentation Plan will be <br />needed for this facility prior to mining within 2 feet of the <br />ground water table. The landowners have adequate water available <br />to supply initial makeup water. Their 4 water wells are shown on <br />the PRE-MINING PLAN MAP - EXHIBIT C. <br />TABLE G - WATER WELLS IN THE VICINITY OF THE SITE was prepared from <br />printouts obtained at the State Engineers office. It lists the <br />wells within 600 feet of the mined area. One well is still listed <br />under the previous owners name so the first name is the current <br />property owner and the name in parentheses is the OSE listed owner <br />of the well. A change of ownership form was filed for this well in <br />October 2007. <br />There appears to be 4 water wells on the site, that have been <br />used by the landowners for domestic and agricultural uses. There <br />are 6 monitoring wells owned by Thornton that have been used to <br />monitor groundwater levels associated with their water storage <br />reservoir to the west. The land owners have had water in their <br />basement due to the slurry wall construction increasing the ground <br />water elevation and we presume these wells were used by Thornton to <br />verify what was happening. Once the house is removed by mining <br />these monitoring wells will not be needed and we will ask Thornton <br />to remove them. Three additional wells are offsite, one is a <br />municipal well located inside the reservoir and the other 2 are <br />monitoring wells. These wells will not be impacted by the mining <br />operation since no dewatering is planned. <br />We estimate dust control for the various parts of the opera- <br />tion, i.e. roads, crushing, washing, etc. to be a maximum of 8 ac- <br />ft per year. This water will be obtained from a source approved <br />for that use. No water will be used for reclamation, nor will the <br />revegetated areas be irrigated by the operator.