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Water Quality <br />An NPDES permit will be obtained from the Water Quality Control Division at the Colorado <br />Department of Public Health & Environment for the Journey Ventures Pit prior to discharging <br />any groundwater that is dewatered from the site. This permit will be kept current and amended <br />as necessary to ensure that any water discharged from the site will meet the current water <br />quality standards. <br />Impacts to Groundwater/Hydrologic Balance <br />Journey Ventures, LLC will monitor the groundwater levels surrounding the site and provide <br />groundwater recharge if necessary via perimeter ditches/ponds. Journey Ventures, LLC will <br />construct these ditches/ponds in the locations where direct discharge to an existing adjacent <br />irrigation lateral is not available to ensure that stabilized groundwater levels are maintained. <br />They will discharge dewatering flows into existing adjacent irrigation laterals where possible to <br />limit the disturbance to the surrounding land. <br />To summarize the mitigation process, as each phase of mining/dewatering occurs it will draw <br />down the surrounding groundwater level to some extent. Journey Ventures, LLC will monitor the <br />groundwater levels adjacent to mine as each phase progresses. If groundwater levels drop to a <br />level that prevents an adjacent well from performing acceptably, according to that well's owner, <br />Journey Ventures, LLC will either implement a groundwater recharge ditch/pond near the well in <br />order to raise the groundwater level in the vicinity of the well and hence return it's operation to <br />acceptable standards, or will negotiate an agreement with that well owner to replace the well or <br />provide replacement water via other means until the mining and reclamation activities are <br />concluded. <br />Groundwater wells that are not owned by Journey Ventures, LLC (Figure Exhibit G-1) are <br />potentially located within 600 feet of the mining limits. The exact physical location of these wells <br />will be determined during the SWSP and well permit application processes. If wells are found to <br />be within 600 feet of the mining limits, Journey Ventures, LLC will either obtain a well waiver <br />from the owner of the well, or provide an agreement with the well owner that Journey Ventures, <br />LLC will mitigate and material damage to the well that is directly attributable to the mining and <br />reclamation of the site. <br />All other wells within 600 feet of the mining limits are either owned by Journey Ventures, LLC, or <br />are monitoring wells therefore groundwater impacts to these wells do not need to be addressed. <br />See the attached Piezometer Location Map, and Piezometer Data Summary, which show the <br />locations of monitoring wells around the perimeter of the site that Journey Ventures, LLC has <br />either installed or has access to, and the groundwater level data that has been collected for <br />each well. <br />Journey Ventures, LLC <br />J&T Consulting, Inc. Journey Ventures Pit <br />V DRMS 112 Permit Application <br />32