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MAXWE_LL MINE <br /> File N o. C-01 3-81 <br /> Response to Draft Findings Document <br /> V . H,ydrol_ogic Bal anr,e ; ryurfa.ce dater - Rules <br /> 2 .04 .72 2 .05 .3 4 ,-2 .05 and 4 .05 <br /> Stipulation 1 . CF&I submitted information on -Ol <br /> wel_l_s registered with the State Engineer which arc 1_ocated <br /> the vicinity of in <br /> it-, mines to ful fill t e permitting <br /> requirements . Uei_ther has CF I the authority to question an <br /> owner about hi.s well nor ha,s the owner an,y legal compulsion <br /> to respond to such questions posed by CFAT . CI,,,T 1s capable <br /> of supplying further information by reference only. The <br /> report by W.J. Powel_l_, 1952 , Ground Water in the Vicinity of <br /> Trinidad , Colorado . Ground-Water Series - Circular 3 , USGS <br /> and Colorado Wnt,er Conservation Board , Denver , Colorado, <br /> provides a discussion of use and quality of the P-round water <br /> delfeloped , principally along the Purpatoire River . Arthur <br /> Gel-don, USG"" , Water Resources Division, Pueblo, Colorado is <br /> currently t-onducting a, regional baseline study of `he Raton <br /> Basin. His unpublished inventory of additional wells in <br /> the vicinity of the permit area is included on the copy of <br /> his field compilation of seeps and springs submitted herewith <br /> in response to the stipulation contained in section VI . A <br /> review of the Powell report and a discussion with rT�ldon <br /> should relieve the need for imposing +his stipulation on CF&.I . <br /> 2 . CFRrT finds in none of the regulations cited , a, specific <br /> requirement to "address use, water rights, qun.lity a.nd <br /> quantity of water in the ditches and a.qun,duct" wbi ch are <br /> clearly unrelated to CF&I ' s mining a,ctivi ties . CFP.I ' s <br /> hydrologic address to the impacts of mining on the hydrologic <br /> balance has indicated the effects to be nepl ipi The <br /> division apparently concurs the effects will br-, ne,-,l i.gibl_e . <br /> Ue-T recommends the stipul_Rtion be omitted in the revised <br /> findings document. <br /> 7 . In the July 1 , 1992 mentinp, the division npreed t,hr, <br /> dPsi_pn pl_a.n and discussion of the Cirueln Canyon <br /> diversion, siabmi+ted prior i;o the appl-ica+,i-on for p�-rmlt, , <br /> woial-d not be required . <br />