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MOUNTAIN COAL COMPANY <br />WEST ELK MINE <br />2014 <br />U.S. FOREST SERVICE <br />WATER RESOURCES PROJECT <br />INTRODUCTION <br />As part of Mountain Coal Company's West Elk Mine Permit, a requirement to Monitor <br />Reservoirs and Stock Ponds is set forth on page 2.04 -70 (See Attachment A). The <br />requirement, with regard to the U.S. Forest Service water resources states: <br />"In addition, the West Elk Mine, in cooperation with the U.S. Forest <br />Service (USFS), Paonia Ranger District in Paonia, Colorado, has <br />agreed to informally monitor the USES surface water resources (stock <br />ponds), as depicted on Map 37, that are located directly over longwall <br />panels to be mined or within the angle -of -draw per the agreement letter <br />in Exhibit 19C. In addition to the commitments provided in Exhibit 19C, <br />MCC will also photograph on a yearly basis the resources that are <br />located over longwall panels to be mined or within the angle -of -draw. <br />The results of the monitoring will be included in the Annual Hydrology <br />Report. Table 8 lists the USFS water resources within or adjacent to the <br />West Elk Mine permit area. " <br />Each pond has only one number; it was determined to use the "P" number in the Range <br />Resource Improvement Numbers column as delineated in the Infra -Range Data -base. <br />(For example: 803P10 shows the Range Management Unit {RMU), 803, and the pond <br />number, P 10. The RMU is not shown in the report since all resources inventoried are in <br />the same RMU). Table 8 (See Attachment B) has been revised to reflect these numbers. <br />To satisfy the permit requirement (See Attachment C), Mountain Coal Company located <br />and photographed these water resources and prepared reports presenting these findings. <br />In an effort to reduce the size of this report in 2014, Mountain Coal Company <br />removed ponds from the report where subsidence had completed or were further <br />than a year out from being undermined (See Attachment C, bullet two). This <br />document is a follow -up to the Mountain Coal Company, West Elk Mine 2005, 2006, <br />2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 Water Resources Project report. <br />PROJECT AREA <br />The project area is located on lands managed by the USDA Forest Service, Rocky <br />Mountain Region, Grand Mesa - Uncompahgre - Gunnison National Forest, and the Paonia <br />3 <br />