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Retreat mining of D seam ended under the Bear Creek drainage during 2008. The status of the <br />Bear Creek road is assessed as part of ongoing subsidence monitoring. No adverse effects as a <br />result of mining activities (or the multitude of other uses) were observed to have occurred to the <br />Bear Creek road or Bear Creek water quality in 2016. From a historical perspective it is <br />important to remember that, in addition to all of the surface uses of the Bear Creek drainage, the <br />Bear Creek drainage was also undermined by extensive historic mine workings in the B and C <br />seam of the Somerset Mine. <br />B-2 and B-3 -- In accordance with the Elk Creek Federal Coal Lease COC -61357 <br />"Water Replacement Plan" stipulation, surface water monitoring points B-2 and B-3 are <br />monitored for flow twice annually after tributary flow from side channels between the two points <br />has ceased. B-2 corresponds to a mid -Bear creek location roughly corresponding to the south <br />limit of the Elk Creek Federal Coal Lease. B-3 corresponds to an upper Bear Creek location <br />roughly corresponding to the north limit of the Elk Creek Federal Coal Lease. Generally, due to <br />the ephemeral nature of Bear Creek and the propensity for flows to quickly cease by late June, <br />flow measurements are most often obtained in mid-June. <br />7 <br />