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• <br />(b) <br />Identify any permanent manmade structures within two hundred (200) feet <br />of the affected area and the owner of each structure. Each structure should <br />be located on Exhibit E — Map: <br />As shown on Exhibit E, the only permanent man-made structures within 200 feet of the affected <br />area are Boulder County, County Road 128 and an Excel power line which supplies power to the <br />mine site and runs somewhat east and west from the site toward Nederland and up onto U.S. <br />Forest Service property. In addition there is a Qwest phone line on the south side of the <br />proposed permit boundary which runs somewhat east and west. These structures have been a <br />feature on and around the mine site for many years during its periods of activity and in- activity. <br />(c) A description of the water resources in the area of the proposed operation. <br />Identify surface and subsurface waters that would receive drainage directly <br />from the affected area. Provide any available information from publications, <br />or monitoring data on flow rates, water table elevations and water quality <br />conditions: <br />Surface Water Resources: <br />Coon Track Creek bisects the proposed permit area. Associated with the drainage are some <br />wetlands on either side of Coon Track Creek. No site specific stream flow data are available for <br />Coon Track Creek. Stream flow rates and surface water quality data are provided in Attachment <br />I for the basin in general. <br />Wetlands on the Calais Mine property are primarily associated with Coon Track Creek, which is <br />a narrow and well - defined channel that flows through the length of the property and drains the <br />entire Cross Mine area watershed. Coon Track Creek is a tributary of Beaver Creek, which <br />flows into Middle Boulder Creek above Barker Reservoir. Coon Track Creek exhibits steady <br />low flows year -round below the mine site due to discharges from the Cross and Caribou mines, <br />with high flows during snowmelt runoff. <br />Waters of the U.S., including associated wetlands, were surveyed within the proposed site <br />boundary and plotted by a Professional Wetland Scientist for Walsh Environmental using a <br />Trimble XT (hand -held GPS unit with ESRI ARC Pad mobile mapping software) and total 1.94 - <br />acres (84,506 sq. ft.). This wetland survey is shown on the Site Map, Figure 1 above. A <br />Jurisdictional Determination was approved by US Army Corps of Engineer (US ACE) on <br />February 7, 2008, and the approval letter is provided in Attachment II. No wetlands will be <br />disturbed by the proposed activities until appropriate approvals are obtained from the US ACE. <br />Coon Track Creek is characterized by steep side slopes and a rocky channel bottom. In the upper <br />and mid - reaches of the creek, the presence of wetland habitat is nominal and only extends <br />beyond the banks in a few isolated, low -lying areas. Two man-made, plastic -lined ponds flank <br />Page 22 <br />