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diverse habitat than is currently present. With the planting of desirable <br />• native forage shrubs, additional strata and vegetation layers will be <br />added to the site, creating improved cover, foraging, roosting, and <br />nesting areas for wildlife. With control and /or removal of noxious <br />species during the project, and the replacement of desirable graminoid, <br />forb, shrub, and tree species, mining and reclamation will result in <br />enhancement of wildlife habitat on site. <br />A raptor protection plan is already on file with the Colorado Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining & Safety. <br />PROTECTION OF HYDROLOGICAL BALANCE <br />Within the Probable Hydrologic Consequences section of this application <br />it was concluded that there would not be significant effects to the <br />hydrologic balance of the project site or adjacent areas. The lack of <br />significant groundwater and surface water resources in the immediate <br />and adjacent area precludes the potential for significant impacts from a <br />small underground mining operation. <br />Preventive and protective measures to be employed during and after the <br />mining operation include; isolation of the pre- mining surface water <br />drainages through re- routing and /or piping beneath or through the <br />• disturbed area, collection and control of sediment and other constituents <br />from runoff at the disturbed area in a sediment pond, isolation of the <br />Hay Gulch irrigation ditch from disturbed area contamination through <br />berming and silt fencing (if necessary), watering of roadways and surface <br />areas to reduce ambient dust, and gravelling or hard surfacing roadways, <br />parking areas, washout areas, and other locations susceptible to <br />accumulation of sediments or materials. <br />No losses of quantity or quality of water are anticipated from the King II <br />Mine. There are no known uses of groundwater or surface water in the <br />project or affected area that may be affected by the mining operation. As <br />noted above, the Hay Gulch irrigation ditch will be protected from <br />contamination. Water required for mine use or washing will be obtained <br />from a permitted well within the project site or from municipal sources. <br />Measures for the protection and control of surface and groundwater are <br />further detailed in the operations and reclamation plans. <br />PROBABLE HYDROLOGIC CONSEQUENCES <br />No significant hydrologic consequences of mining are anticipated. All <br />coal to be removed from the mine lies above the potentiometric surface of <br />Hay Gulch, the only known aquifer in the area. Therefore, there should <br />GCC Energy, LLC King II Mine <br />Section 2.05.6 <br />Page 2 October, 2008 /^c <br />rA J/,< <br />