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• Disturbances to the prevailing hydrologic balance of the affected land <br />and the surrounding area and to the quality and quantity of water in <br />surface and gr and water systems both during and after the mining <br />operation and during reclamation be minimized. § 34- 32- 116(7)(g), <br />C.R.S. (2010) (emphasis added). Each operator must therefore protect <br />surface and ground water during the mining operation and during <br />reclamation, including compliance with water quantity laws and water <br />quality laws (2 <br />• Areas outside of the affected land be protected from slides and damage <br />occurring during the mining operation and reclamation. (§ 34 -32- <br />116(7)(h), C.R <br />In the present case, in late June 2007, the Division inspected the Mine site <br />and learned that the mine pool contained 44 mg/L uranium (well over the <br />applicable standard) and was 34 feet below the Steve Level adit and rising. <br />R:00868. Thereafter, beginning in 2008, the Division began receiving water <br />quality monitoring reports from the Colorado Department of Public Health and <br />Environment's Radiation <br />Cotter that "water quality degradation at the mine is critical and may be <br />approaching conditions r <br />C.R.S. (2010)]." R:00869, <br />C.C.R. 407 -1, Rules 3.1.6 and 3.1.7); and <br />. (2010); 2 C.C.R. 407 -1, Rule 3.1.5(3)). <br />Program. R:00868. In July 2009, the Division advised <br />quiring emergency response under [§ 34 -32 -124.5 <br />00977. <br />11 <br />