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sediment from the scouring of the Paonia Reservoir. Summer and early fall flows reflect <br />discharges from upland storage reservoirs used downstream by the water rights holders. No <br />significant changes were noted, however, in the analytical data with nothing to suggest adverse <br />impact by the Elk Creek Mine or Sanborn Creek Mine to the River. <br />HN-1- Lower Hawk's Nest Creek <br />Surface water monitoring site HN-1 Lower Hawk's Nest Creek, is monitored to verify that the <br />Sanborn Creek mine does not have an adverse effect on the quality or quantity of runoff from <br />this ephemeral drainage. During 2008 there was, again, minimal flow in Hawk's Nest Creek <br />during spring snowmelt, and no flow after snowmelt was completed. An analysis of the limited <br />data suggests there is no adverse impact of the Sanborn Creek mine to Lower Hawk's Nest <br />Creek. <br /> <br />0 <br />9