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Nebo r <br />etter to the Division of Mining, Reclamation and Safety Linda Saunders <br />and the Board <br />® <br />Linda Saunders g „_ i, ; Facenook <br />; , ,r•e, <br />• To Tena Gallagner oaulacoulter(- comcast net <br />Twitter <br />�gr up <br />PI ring <br />ands a nacrl t� gPt it to the Division to h� n. Al ead, a, T, tterl <br />TO: Division of Mining, Reclamation, and Safety and the Boar <br />From: K2T and South Central LLC, Linda Saunders, Mansag� ena a lagher <br />(K2T) and Paula Coulter, Personal Representative for Irene CoulterZ <br />RE:MW23 and MW16 <br />In our Citizen Complaint Letter dated June 29, 2012 the property owners <br />requested another monitoring well to replace MW 23 as the upslope monitoring <br />well. <br />REGULATIONS - MW23 does not monitor the ground water which is located at <br />400 -450 feet based on wells recently drilled nearby as required by all the <br />DMRS regulations for water quantity and quality. <br />4.05.1 (1) stating mining shall minimize disturbance on the hydrologic balance <br />and long term adverse changes. <br />(2)changes in water quality and quanity in the location of the surface <br />drainage shall be minimized. <br />120 (2)0)(II)A In no case shall Federal or State water quality standards be <br />violated. <br />4.05.8 Drainage from...a toxic spoil (38.5 acre tailings pile) or underground <br />development waste (pillars remaining under the tailings pile) into a ground or <br />surface water should be avoided. <br />4.05.12 Protection of Ground Water Recharge Capability120 (2)0)(N) The <br />effect of surface and underground mining activities on the quanity and quality <br />of water in the groundwater permit area and adjacent areas recharge capacity. <br />MW 23 has been drawn down 50 feet recently and MW65 is drawn down also. <br />Compliance with groundwater standards at established points of compliance <br />may be established. (iii)Additional monitoring points shall be located between <br />area and point of compliance to allow timely detection and remediation of <br />contaminant levels which may result in the point of compliance <br />(C)Measurement from a sufficient number of wells or other around water <br />sources as approved by the Division <br />MW23 at 145 feet is not and has not tested the groundwater quality or <br />quanity, but is testing water in the Red Arrow Coal Seam at 150' The around <br />water is at 400 -450' based on wells drilled by Larry Finney Finney Drilling and <br />John Reeves, Reeves Drilling. <br />A new monitoring well into the Groundwater needs to be drilled by EF to <br />determine what the status of the ground water is in the only upslope <br />monitorine well that in an area that has not been undermined and away from <br />old mines nearby. This new monitoring well needs to continue to be monitored <br />until the reclamation period is over. <br />NOTE: Energy Fuels Coal Inc did not drill any of the monitoring wells on this <br />property. MW 23 was drilled by Dorchester Coal EFCI predecessor and <br />permitted as an irrigation well. MWNW was also drilled by Dorchester Coal <br />Terms Er*k4 µ- !niteo€vliqtMs English (United States) <br />J <br />Content from 10 <br />.ea— ,re tj r <br />Q <br />nail. hN7e. com/default.asp -x?id =64855 8/19/2013 <br />