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2.04.7 Hydrology Description <br />Gulch could be damaged by subsidence cracks which could cause surface <br />flow to run into the mine below. Approximately 1,500 feet of overburden <br />where the mine passes under Stevens Gulch will mitigate and minimize <br />subsidence effects. See more detailed discussion for both creeks in section <br />2.05.6(6). <br />In the eastern section of the permit area domestic use of water in the permit <br />and adjacent area is derived from wells completed in the Mancos shale or <br />alluvial river deposits. This ground water is located geologically at least 800 <br />feet below the coal seam to be mined. Considering the vertical separation <br />and the impervious shales between the coal seam to be mined and the <br />domestic wells, it is virtually certain that the mine operations will not have an <br />adverse effect on the domestic wells in the adjacent area. <br />On the west side of the permit boundary and adjacent area to the north <br />domestic use of water is derived from Steven's Gulch alluvium. <br />Map 23 - Water Rights Location shows map codes 7 and 8 are associated <br />with the reclaimed Blue Ribbon Mine. Map code 7 is for the Blue Ribbon <br />Well which has been sealed. Map code 7 is also for the Blue Ribbon Ditch <br />which has been abandoned. Map code 8 is for the Blue Ribbon Reservoir <br />No. 1 which was been reclaimed. Neither of these water rights are within the <br />projected angle of draw of the proposed mine workings. <br />Water right numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11,14, 15 and 32 as shown on Map 23 <br />are owned by the applicant. Water rights 70, 74, 75, and 76 are outside of <br />the angle of draw. Water right 71 Stratton Springs, within the angle of draw, <br />is owned by the Turkey Track Ranch. It corresponds to monitoring point <br />Spring 1 -3 and is 1,475 feet above the mine workings. <br />All of the applicants water rights except number 6 have been mined under. <br />There has not been any reported damage to any of the applicant's water <br />rights. <br />Water right 72 is for the Pitkin Mesa Pipeline. Protection measures for the <br />Pitkin Mesa Pipeline are detailed in Section 2.05.6(6). <br />The Hughes family and or Red Hughes owns water rights 13, 16 and 62 <br />described as follows: <br />PR -14 2.04-59- 06/14 <br />