2008-11-24_PERMIT FILE - C1996083A (14)

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2.04.7 Hydrology Description Domestic use of water in the permit and adjacent area is derived from wells completed in the Mancos shale or alluvial river deposits. This ground water is located geologically at least 800 feet below the coal seam to be mined. Considering the vertical separation and the impervious shales between the coal seam to be mined and the domestic wells, it is virtually certain that the mine operations will not have an adverse effect on the domestic wells in the adjacent area. Map 23 -Water Rights Location shows map codes 7 and 8 are associated with the reclaimed Blue Ribbon Mine. Map code 7 is for the Blue Ribbon Well which has been sealed. Map code 7 is also for the Blue Ribbon Ditch which has been abandoned. Map code 8 is for the Blue Ribbon Reservoir No. 1 which was been reclaimed. Neither of these water rights are within the projected angle of draw of the proposed mine workings. Map Code 16 is the Bronish No. 1 Well located on land owned by the applicant. • Agricultural use of water in the permit and adjacent area is derived from the Fire Mountain Canal, Deer Trail Ditch, Terror Ditch, Blue Ribbon Ditch, Majnik Ditch, Mayes Ditch, Jenkins Ditch No. 1 and 2, and Stephens Ditch. All of the ditches have primary sources of water such as the North Fork of the Gunnison River, Terror Creek and Hubbard Creek. Secondary sources may include surface run- offand return flow from another ditch or canal. The following information regarding ditches in the area is partially obtained through verbal conversations and field meetings with Water Commissioner Cliff Davis (527-3995). The main source of water for the Fire Mountain Canal is the North Fork of the Gunnison River. The intake is over two miles upstream from the permit area so the mine cannot impact the quality of water in this canal. The secondary source of water for the canal includes surface run-off from the mine site and return flow from the Deer Trail Ditch. There are two parcels of land accessed by 4365 Lane. Both of these parcels obtain irrigation water that flows under the railroad tracks from upland areas. Both of these parcels of land are owned by the applicant. There is an unnamed ditch that flows across land within the Terror Creek Loadout permit area. The irrigation water flows under the railroad tracks to land owned by the applicant. The main source of water for the Deer Trail Ditch, Majnik Ditch and the Mayes Ditch is Hubbard Creek. The Mayes Ditch and Majnick Ditch have been combined and are now call the Mayes Ditch. The Deer Trail ditch runs below the mine site so its secondary source of water may include surface run-off from the mine. The Mayes Ditch does not run below the mine site. PR-10 2.04 - 36 - 09/26/08 f) PPRavs~ 1 //z.y/O ~d