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• SEF 65 '89 13:43 LIHDORFr -CALMANINI WOODLAND <br /> 26 <br /> V. MONrrORING PROGRAM AND NETWORK _ W ,YRIM CATION MONTTORINr <br /> The RWQCB has classified SMS Briners as a Class II - Designated Waste surface <br /> Impoundment, but has allowed an Interim status designation while SMS Briners pursued <br /> the alternative of deep well injection disposal. The Briners are requesting that the <br /> Board allow continued interim status of the facility while the Briners implement the <br /> schedule discussed in Section IV for providing an alternate method of brine handling <br /> and disposal and the elimination of the evaporation ponds. <br /> It is apparent that one or both ponds have caused some degradation of shallow ground- <br /> water quality in the immediate viciaity of those ponds. Interim ver'if'ication monitoring is <br /> proposed to further define local conditions and the horizontal and vertical extent of <br /> degraded water quality. The monitoring program and additional site investigation <br /> activities proposed below will also allow ground-water conditions to be monitored during <br /> and after closure of the ponds. <br /> The proposed interim verification monitoring program consists of four components: <br /> construction of additional monitoring facilities, further investigation of the existing <br /> monitoring network, an interim verification/closure monitoring network, and an interim <br /> verification monitoring program, including recommendations for measuring ground-water <br /> levels and for collecting and analyzing surface and ground-water samples. Those <br /> components are discussed in detail below. <br /> Additional Monitoring Facilities <br /> Based on the findings of the site investigation to date, the areal extent of saline water <br />