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strong one. However, even if correct, a weak connection between the mine pool <br />and Ralston Creek will load uranium into the creek in excess of uranium <br />standards. In addition, other possible conduits in which the mine pool water <br />could flow into Ralston <br />the Schwartz Trend, two faults that run through the site, and 33 boreholes <br />drilled from the valley floor toward the Mine that Cotter could not find and <br />which could have been 1 <br />properly required Cotter <br />the pool flow away from <br />the Schwartzwalder Min <br />reek include a geologic and fractured structure called <br />ft unplugged. <br />Given the applicable reclamation performance standards, the Board's <br />obligation to protect water resources, and the evidence presented, the Board <br />to dewater and treat the mine pool to cause the <br />gradient of the pool to fl away from Ralston Creek. Having the gradient of <br />he creek precludes the contaminated pool water from <br />flowing into Ralston Creek and thus precludes uranium -laden water from <br />flowing into Ralston Reservoir, a drinking water source. <br />STATEMENT OF FACTS <br />Regulatory Background <br />The Act, and regulations promulgated thereunder, set forth extensive <br />regulation of hard rock mining operations, particularly those operations such as <br />that are designated mining operations ( "DMO ") (i.e., <br />those which use designated chemicals, expose or disturb toxic or acidic <br />substances, or are uranium mines). § 34 -32- 103(3.5), C.R.S. (2010). <br />9 <br />