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2.05.6(6) <br />Springs is decreed for 44.8 gpm. The springs are located in colluvial <br />deposits and all are at least 800 feet above the coal seam to be mined. The <br />water bearing colluvial deposits, the water source of the springs, are <br />relatively small extending from the spring no furtherthan the major ridge lines <br />that separate the ephemeral channels in which the springs are located. The <br />affect of subsidence is not predicted to extend into the ephemeral channels <br />which are the source of ground water flow for the springs. Therefore, the <br />springs should not be affected by mining. <br />The Pitkin Mesa Pipeline approximately parallel's Steven's Gulch. The <br />original pipeline built in 1938, collects water from a series of springs located <br />north of the permit boundary. During various times the original pipeline (4- <br />inch diameter steel) has been replaced by a 6" diameter PVC pipeline. The <br />pipeline services approximately 160 domestic taps on Pitkin Mesa. <br />The USDA -FS has ten decreed water rights within the permit boundary. See <br />following table and Map 23. Eight of the water rights are ponds and two are <br />springs and ponds. One of the ponds, water rights 84, has not been field <br />verified or monitored by the Operator. Water right 93 is a pond for which the <br />USDA -FS is unable to ascertain a location. Four of the USDA -FS water <br />rights have been assigned a range improvement inventory number (RIIN). <br />Water Right Summary <br />Water Right <br />Spring /Pond Designation <br />Decree <br />Date Owner <br />81 <br />Pond 33 -11 <br />0.1 AF <br />12/31/1970 FS <br />82 <br />Pond 33 -10 <br />0.1 AF <br />12/31/1965 FS <br />84 MIN 805P24 <br />Sheep Corral Pond <br />0.1 AF <br />12/31/1965 FS <br />85 MIN 805P24 <br />Pond P33 -7 <br />0.1 AF <br />12/31/1970 FS <br />86 <br />Pond 33 -3 <br />0.1 AF <br />12/31/1970 FS <br />87 MIN 805P36 <br />Spring and Pond SP34 -11 <br />0.001 CFS <br />12/31/1965 FS <br />92 MIN 805P37 <br />Spring and Pond SP34 -2 <br />0.001 CFS <br />12/31/1962 FS <br />93 <br />Pond - Unknown Location <br />0.1 AF <br />12/31/1962 FS <br />96 <br />Flat Tanks & Pond P36 -1 &2 <br />0.3 AF <br />None FS <br />97 <br />E Terror 11 P36 -6 <br />0.1 AF <br />08/24/1992 FS <br />USDA -FS water rights 81, 82 and 86 are ponds that are typically dry. Water <br />rights 87 and 92 are perennial springs and ponds that are typically full and <br />PRA 4 2.05-144- 03/14 <br />