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Division required a continuous record of alluvial ground water levels and water quality data. <br />Narrow bands of alluvial-colluvial material extend about one mile up Munger Canyon from <br />the confluence with East Salt Creek. Monitoring well GW-4, which is 40 feet deep and is <br />located at the lower part of Munger Canyon, was dry in April 1981 during the period of the <br />year of snowmelt and highest precipitation. Test pits TP-1, TP-2 and TP-3, dug to a depth of <br />ten feet in the Munger Creek alluvium, had no traces of mottling and only a very slight <br />increase in moisture. Additionally, plant species present on the alluvium indicate the absence <br />of natural subirrigation in the Munger Creek alluvium. <br />No wells or springs have been identified within three miles of the mine. Thus, the Munger <br />Canyon mining operation will not effect the quantity or quality of any ground water that is <br />put to beneficial use off site. <br />The operator has committed to the following ground water monitoring program: <br />1) Quarterly monitoring of wells GW-1, GW-3, and GW-6 for Static Water Level, pH, <br />Temperature, and Specific Conductance. <br />2) Water quality sampling of mine water discharges as required by CDPS permit. Due <br />to the sealed and reclaimed status of the Munger Canyon Mine, and historical <br />absence of mine inflow/discharge, discharges are not anticipated. <br />3) Monitoring all of non-seep inflows into mine to include source, quantity, duration <br />and quality (pH, Temperature, and Electrical Conductance). Due to the sealed and <br />reclaimed status of the Munger Canyon Mine, such monitoring is not <br />practicable, and is no longer required. <br />4) Monitor quantities of water discharged from the mine, consumed in the mine and <br />imported for use in the mine. Due to the sealed and reclaimed status of the <br />Munger Canyon Mine, there is currently no discharge from the mine, <br />consumption in the mine, or importation for use in the mine. Water use would <br />be limited to occasional road watering during future reclamation operations. <br />5) Results of the quarterly groundwater monitoring shall be submitted to the Division <br />immediately after data collection and analysis, and will be compiled and summarized <br />within an Annual Hydrology Report, to be structured around the normal water year. <br />The Division has determined that Monitoring Wells GW-2, GW-4, GW-7, and GW-8 are no <br />longer necessary for impact monitoring of future bond release demonstration, and these wells <br />were sealed by the operator in 2007. <br />E. Water Rights and Replacement <br />Portions of the application relevant to surface and ground water rights in the vicinity of the <br />26