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the similar seeps described in the original application may also have been very <br />small in areal extent. <br />The seep on the west side in Section 4 is on a reclaimed hillside at approximate <br />Elevation EL 7050 just above and east of the East Taylor Pond. This location is <br />near the pit limits, but very close (about 400 feet south of) to undisturbed land. <br />The seep's elevation is about 150 feet above the pit floor at this location. <br />Because it is so far above the pit floor and is close to a natural undisturbed <br />hillside, this seep also appears to be a remnant of the premining local perched <br />seeps like the ones observed near the eastern permit boundary. <br />The overall conclusions with respect to impacts on groundwater are as anticipated in <br />the original permit application, but that is largely a consequence of the absence of any <br />significant premining groundwater resources other than the localized perched seeps. <br />The ridge like topography, location of the mining zone well above the elevation of the <br />local incised streambeds, topographic isolation from more significant recharge zones to <br />the south west, and hydraulic isolation from the underlying Trout Creek Sandstone all <br />serve to reinforce the conclusion that there was little in the way of groundwater <br />resources to be potentially impacted within the reclaimed areas that are the subject of <br />his application. <br /> <br />• <br />Phase 111 Bond Release Application 16